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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!okjunc.junction.net!michael From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Server hardware considerations.. Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 21:14:23 -0800 Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting Lines: 31 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960219211127.18343B-100000@okjunc.junction.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960219204849.14523A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: okjunc.junction.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: michael@okjunc.junction.net In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960219204849.14523A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Stephen Fisher wrote: > Mother Board: I've seen that ASUS MBs are very nice but their home pages > don't list prices which probably means they're high priced;) About how > much do they run? I am looking for mid-range robust hardware, nothing > cheap or specular. Any other MB types to look into? ASUS Motherboards are generally good. > SCSI Controller: Adaptec 2940/PCI. This appears to be a good mid-range > card, should I get fast/wide/or what.. Is there any difference that I > should keep in mind? I use an Adaptec 152x now. Use Buslogic SCSI cards as they are more compatible. > Disk: SCSI 1.08GIG Conner (it's in my Linux server right now). Stay away from Conner hard drives. I've heard of many problems with them on SCO, Linux and Netware. > Tape backup: SCSI.. I have no idea what is best, I am using a cheap > and slow floppy-tape drives right now and haven't been very pleased. DAT drives. Be aware that there is a worldwide shortage of DDS-2 120 metre tapes right now but there are lots of DDS 90 meter tapes so if you don't need more than 2 gigs you are OK. Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com