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From: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help me build the (sort of) ultimate FreeBSD Box...
Date: 14 Nov 1995 21:46:40 -0500
Organization: Michigan State University
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davidc@gil.com.au (David Connors) writes:
>Howdy FreeBSD Gurus,
>I will be using 2.0.5 until 2.1 is out and proven.
I would highly suggest going with a newer snap, 2.0.5 has some pretty nasty
bugs. 2.1 is immenent (i.e. probably be out by the time your system arrives).
>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
You might want to look at the BusLogic 956C as a possible alternative. Both
tend to work quite well.
>CD-ROM
>------
>Sony CSD-76SB SCSI Quad Speed
Plextor 4Plex may be better..
>Ethernet Interface
>------------------
>SMC EtherPower PCI (based on the DEV 21040 chipset)
Good choice
>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)
Thats the unit im currently using (well I dont know what the BM is). We are
having lots of good results with them, at a sustaned transfer rate of 750kb/sec
its pretty impressive. The drive has a 1mb cache on board which helps things
tremendously.
>Hard Disks
>----------
>5 Quantum XP32150s 2.15 Gigabyte SCSI II drives
We've been using Connor 4207S's (4gb, 7200rpm 512k cache) and except one with a
stiction problem, they've been working wonderfully. They also have the benefit
of being cheap, around $1k US.
-Crh
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Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu
http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/