On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 04:41:14PM -0600, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > > SCSI vs. SATA. I'm a SCSI fan but I've had lots of good success with > SATA too. Plus sides being that we can get more space for much less money.
If going 1U, I recommend SCSI and the best fans you can buy. > As far as CPUs go, we have some options. Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Intel > Xeons are my three choices at the moment (I'm still not an AMD fan but > I'll consider it too) as they offer nice amounts of speed for reasonable > prices. AMD 3000+ series procs now run considerably cooler than P4's. Another consideration if going with 1U. > The question is if we really need dual CPUs or not. They are > nice and will help with some of the work we do, but are they needed. I would put dual CPU into the luxury category. A P4 or equivalent AMD are quite fast. However, a dual proc-capable motherboard might allow for some future proofing without adding the 2nd proc to the upfront costs. -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
