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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!news.gil.com.au!sysadmin1 From: davidc@gil.com.au (David Connors) Subject: Help me build the (sort of) ultimate FreeBSD Box... Sender: news@gil.com.au Message-ID: <DI29yy.59F@gil.com.au> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 16:37:48 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 203.1.75.234 Organization: Global Info-Links X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Lines: 64 Howdy FreeBSD Gurus, I've been evaluating FreeBSD on and off for about a week on a DX4/100, and the organisation I am contracting for is now ready to purcahse some fairly substantial hardware to deploy it as our new news server. Here's what we're looking at getting - I'd REALLY appreciate your comments and thoughts. Has anyone out there used this stuff and had problems with it, has it been exceptionally good? I will be using 2.0.5 until 2.1 is out and proven. Thanks very much for your time, Dave Connors Motherboard ----------- ASUS PCI/I-P55TP4XE If not, a similar PCI & Triton based board Processor --------- Intel Pentium 133Mhz RAM --- 2 x 16Meg Simms, 60ns, non-parity (Triton doesn't support parity) Hard drive controller --------------------- Adaptec AHA 2940W Fast Wide SCSI II CD-ROM ------ Sony CSD-76SB SCSI Quad Speed Ethernet Interface ------------------ SMC EtherPower PCI (based on the DEV 21040 chipset) Backup Unit ----------- Sony SDT-5000/BM 8 Gig (4 Gig w/ 2:1 hardware compression) (I would especially like advice on this unit or good alternatives) Video Card ---------- Something based on the s3 Trio64, 864, or 964 chipsets with one of the clock chips xfreeb6 recommends. Hard Disks ---------- 5 Quantum XP32150s 2.15 Gigabyte SCSI II drives Generic Stuff ------------- Teac/NEC Floppy Keyboard Three Button mouse ----------------------------------------------------------- David Connors davidc@gil.com.au