Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 15:13:13 -0700 (MST) From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: [Last revision?]: FreeBSD server considerations.. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960224145304.524A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com>
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Greetings,
Thanks to all of your recommendations I have put together one
of my last lists of hardware to use for my FreeBSD server. As I said
before I'm switching from Linux to FreeBSD =)
I am looking for a mid-line robust, good server.
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Mother board: AMD 586/133 CPU w/ MB $230. Either this "almost-pentium"
or an AMD/Intel 486DX4/133 with ASUS MB. It doesn't need to handle TOO
much growth yet so I believe the 486 will just have to do for now ;).
The [great] dealer I am thinking about buying it from [and where the
prices came from] has sold two ASUS MB's lately and the users had to
bring them back in to get worked on.. Hmm.. But they also have heard ASUS
MBs are the best. They will be building the actual computer.. they've
built some others for us too.
Bus: Almost if not everything PCI.
SCSI Card: Adapetc 2940 PCI, $235.
SCSI Drives: Two Conner or Quantum 1.08GB drives. The 2GB seemed to be
more than twice the price of the 1GB drives. $245/Each.
Memory: 16Meg. I will upgrade to 32Meg shortly, when needed. Just about
$400.
CDROM: Toshiba 4x [SCSI]. $140. I will be using it for a bit more than
just installing the OS and the 4x is about the same price as the 2x.
Tape: Conner TAPESTOR 4GB External SCSI. $440.
4GB Tapes, $70/Each. 3 Tapes (daily/weekly/every third week backups)
Full tower case: Standard case, 6 exposed bays, couple internals, etc.. $90
Floppy: Dinky 3.5" $29
Video: I'll probably just throw in a Trident 9660 I have. It doesn't
need to run X anyway. Monitor: Some dinky monitor..:)
Network: 3com PCI Combo Board. $140-$150 or so.
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This totals to approximately $2300 which is fine..
Any other recommendations or suggestions? I'll sleep on this and go
ahead and buy it if there are no visible problems with what I am buying.
Thanks!
- Steve
- Systems Manager
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