Hi! > Thanks for responding... If you wish you can respond > to some questions I've inserted into the message.
Hmmm those were hard to find, tricky quoting... ;-) Which disk size, performance and redundancy do you want? > Eric Auer-3 wrote: Why Auer-3 by the way? >>>> processors [typically 400-500mHz], using a RAID card >>> >and making some large storage >>>Only hardware RAID supported (RAID card) but not software >>>RAID. > What cards do you tend to favor [Old PCI bus, Driver...] I just checked - all PCI SATA RAID controllers on the Alternate.de (also available for other EU countries) shop either give very basic functionality or are in fact hardware assisted software RAID which will not work in DOS anyway... For IDE, only RAID 0/1/0+1 and (according to users) bad software RAID controllers are still sold. In addition, IDE disks are only sold for max 500 GB while you can buy 1.5 TB SATA now... Maybe getting a used high end hardware RAID PCI card would be okay, after all using K6 is recycling, too? >> [I'm wondering when they make a whole RAID system >> that fits in the 5-1/4" bay(s).] Dunno, but with 1.5TB available as single 3.5 disk, why would you need RAID anyway? For redundancy you need at least 3 disks and I wonder whether THAT can fit into two 5.25 bays at all ;-). Maybe it can... >> Please point out a few of those Linux distros. If I use >> Linux, I tend to wish to have some assurance that the >> system isn't going to be hacked into. It takes a long >> time to re-install LINUX. If I was using something as >> small as DOS then, ideally, I could check all the files >> checksum quick, and if necessary re-install rather >> quickly also. Well as extreme example you could use a live CD distro which you can repair simply by rebooting ;-). Also it does not HAVE to take long to re-install Linux and it depends a lot on how you maintain your Linux how safe it is... I mean for example with Ubuntu I think when I enable automatic updates, use good passwords and do not enable unused services for access from outside I would say it should stay safe enough automatically... You can also lock down the system by mounting partitions read-only, making files immutable, disable module/driver loads after boot (via global capability flags) or at all (use a kernel without module loading system) etc etc :-) I guess some specialized distros for NAS, router, print server and similar are already setup for safety anyway. >> Please suggest some sellers that support RAID 5, or >> at least 1, that are of a reasonable price. RAID 5: Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E would be 500 Euro but supports 4 SATA, 4 USB plus 2 eSATA disks and as said above RAID 5 in DOS might be unavailable anyway. You can also try QNAP TS-409: 430 Euro, only 4 disks. RAID 1: Apart from a few weird solutions (use NAS with the disk of your PC as almost-RAID-1 etc) it seems that RAID 1 starts around 200 Euro. Example would be the QNAP TS-201, but I get the impression that the TS-209 (250 to 350 Euro depending on variant) is much better... The 201 has no nfs, ssh, sql, sftp, ipfilter for example. QNAP seems to be basic, but if you avoid their most simple products, quality seems to be sufficient, dunno :-). Embedded NAS devices such as the QNAP stuff also support a pile of services: uPnP, http, https, ftp, SMB (windows net drives), iTunes, and depending on the model also lpr, nfs, dynDNS, active dir auth, downloads (you can power off the PC while the NAS downloads for you), SQL, PHP... Try to implement all THAT with a DOS computer ;-). Note: TS-209 hardware is simple - 128 MB, 500 MHz, 8 MB ROM. Note: I never bought or used any NAS myself, only browsed Alternate.de / QNAP page / some reviews for you and me :-) Eric PS: www.qnap.com/images/products/comparison/Comparison_NAS.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
