On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 13:55, Aaron wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, > > > [snip] > > > > Specifics. We need much more. > > > > How much performance do you need? I.e., how many users will be > > hitting it at the same time, what kind of apps run on the box, etc? > > Just me. Maybe myself and one other user. I don't need a lot of > performance once it's up and running. It's network attached, so I > don't really need more disk throughput than I can get out of my > 100Base-TX network connection.
Ok, well that's easy enough to do. > > When you say "100+ GB", do you mean 100-150GB, or something *much* > > larger? > > Between 100 and 300 gigs, I guess. I have almost 200 gigs of data that > I'd be storing and backing up, but I can predict a need for more > storage in the future. Is this a database, or your MPEG2/MP3/JPEG collection, or what? I.e.: Does it change a lot, or will you only be adding new stuff? Can it be segmented easily? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA Regarding war zones: "There's nothing sacrosanct about a hotel with a bunch of journalists in it." Marine Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (Retired) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
