Have you purchased any of these appro boxes? These are the only 1u dual Athlon's I've seen. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad C. Walstrom [mailto:chewie at wookimus.net] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:36 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Server class boxes > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 10:31:42AM -0600, Eric Stanley wrote: > > What do you guys/gals user for server class Linux systems? > We almost > > certainly want to stick with Intel processors. Built in RAID 1 > > (mirroring, in case my number is wrong) would be nice and > it has to be > > SCSI. We also definitely want console to serial > redirection and fiber > > gigabit ethernet. Any suggestions as to what to check out and/or > > avoid? > > Penguin Computing (http://www.penguincomputing.com/) > > Appro 1124s (http://www.appro.com/1124s.html) > * mmm... Athlon 1.533GHz MP, 4GB DDR, 1U > * Four Hot-swap SCSI Harddrives, RAID Controller > * 3 Hot-swap capable blowers > * Slim CDROM > > IMHO, Athlon is definitely where server class is at, but I'm > an AMD bigot. Additionally, in any system like this, you'll > want to use LVM and a journaling filesystem, such as ext3 or > reiserfs. LVM is a must, though. > > -- > Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie > http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr > Key fingerprint = B4AB D627 9CBD 687E 7A31 1950 0CC7 0B18 206C 5AFD > >