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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: davechaos@aol.com (DaveChaos) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: [Q] Hardware suggestions... Date: 22 Feb 1996 01:15:41 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 38 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4gh1md$t96@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: davechaos@aol.com (DaveChaos) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hello all.... I need to purchase new equipment for a test machine running FreeBSD. I have the basic machine already (a P-133 with 64Mb RAM) but now I need to buy some of the other essentials. Can anybody suggest a high speed PCI SCSI card along with a HD to use? I pretty much have complete freedom to buy whatever is neccesary and I'd like to do things right. A rather large drive is needed, perhaps 4Gb to start. Is it better to use multiple smaller drives to speed things up? This will be a multiuser system accessed over a LAN and phone lines.... Also, I need a suggestion for a SCSI tape drive. The machine will probably end up in charge of backing up two or three other machines as well as itself if all goes as planned. Thus, a high capacity drive that will be relatively fast is desirable. Lastly, I will need to provide about 5-10 dialin lines for this machine. I know there are a number of options to handle this but simplicity and reliability is key. This has to work right pretty much right out of the box because the company's execs tend to become rapidly disinterested if things are constantly down. Any suggestions on how to best handle this would be greatly appreciated. Depending on how many users in the company actually access it from home we may need to add lines so upgradability is also an important issue. I really appreciate all you help!! I'm trying to convince my company it _is_ economical to connect to the net and it will open many doors for them. I think FreeBSD is the way to go; now I just have to prove it. I've been running it at home for some time now but never on as grand a scale. If there are any other imminent pitfalls please shed some light on them so I can avoid playing the fool! ;) Again, thank you all very much for your time!! Sincerely, Dave