I am inclined to agree - on closer inspection, each of the IBM, HP and
Compaq have all sorts of issues when Linux comes into the equation (the HP
has I/O issues whichever platform you use)..
We have a supplier nearby who can supply me with a High Availability, High
performance solution - I don't know if I'll use Adaptec SCSI cards though, I
thought they could cause problems - which cards would you recommend? We
want to use hardware RAID 5...
Thanks for the info guys.. these badged machines are a real headache! It
looks like HP are actually going to take the LH4 back...I'm sure for normal
database driven web-sites they are OK, but bring heavy writes into the
equation and they're not up to the task!
Best Regards
Matthew Clark.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roeland M.J. Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 19 November 1999 18:05
> To: 'Louis Fung'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: 'Gerrish, Robert'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Compaq Smart Array & RH6.1
>
>
> For smilar price, one can buy ready-built Linux boxen from
> <http://www.valinux.com>. But, I've had excellent results
> assembling my own
> servers as I need them. Most of them are standardized on ATX cases, Asus
> motherboards, and Adaptec SCSI cards.
