From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Feb 27 12:26:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA16864 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:26:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from cscfx.sytex.com (rwc@cscfx.sytex.com [205.147.190.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA16857 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:26:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rwc@localhost) by cscfx.sytex.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA04889; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:27:41 -0500 From: Richard Cramer Message-Id: <199702272027.PAA04889@cscfx.sytex.com> Subject: Re: Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD To: sergey@extech.msk.su (Vnotchenko S.S.) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:27:41 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Reply-To: rcramer@sytex.net In-Reply-To: <199702271733.UAA20701@ns.extech.msk.su> from "Vnotchenko S.S." at Feb 27, 97 08:33:28 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Hi! > Great thanks to everybody, who takes part in the discussion! I've made > attempt to summarize > answers and choosen following configuration for ours main host: > --- > CPU: PPRO 200Mhz, 256K cache > MB: ASUSTEK P65UP5 > RAM: 64 Mb EDO RAM It seems you might have missed the jist of what the more experienced ISPs have been trying to say: USE parity ram! You will not regret it and the price difference is really insignificant as a percentage of the system as a whole. Good luck, Dick > SCSI HA: Adaptec 2940UW > SCSI HDD: 4x2GB Seagate barracuda > SCSI CD-ROM: 8x NEC SCSI > Ethernet: 3c595 > --- > > Best regards, Sergey (sergey@extech.msk.su). > -- Richard Cramer rcramer@sytex.net Phone: 703-425-2515 President Fax: 703-425-4585 SytexNet(tm) Sytex Access Ltd. POB 2385, Fairfax, VA 22031-0385