On Wednesday 15 March 2006 08:52, Craig FALCONER wrote: > You don't have a backup solution. RAID in itself is data protection > without being a backup. > I'd advise a minimum of three external USB2 hard drives in caddies as the > off-site backup.
The extra 2 x hot-swapable hard drives listed were part of the backup solution as well as rsync over ssh to an externally hosted box. I was thinking SATA hotswap but USB2 would probably be acceptable. > You'll also need a NIC - gigabit of course. > As for the CPU it doesn't really matter as long as there is one. Indeed, as I was thinking of a pre-built brand name box I was taking these for granted. > You haven't provided any details about machine tasks... Sorry, I didn't want to bore everyone. At present just file serving for Windows clients and backup. > Quantity of users > and their experience level, or current data set size. There are 6 users sharing files and doing a largeish amount of emailing. Data storage is currently around 50GB from 4-5 years worth of junk. > What is wrong with the current hardware? The current hardware is 4-5 years old and is proving to be unstable (not surprising since it is running Win2K Pro, but it is unknown whether it's caused by hardware or software issues yet), once a new box has taken over the old ones duties, it can be diagnosed and possibly used in another Linux related role :) > Also, what is coming up in the future that can be anticipated? Possibly running a local MTA+IMAP server. Thanks for the reply. > -----Original Message----- > From: Hadley Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2006 10:17 p.m. > To: CLUG > Subject: Suggessted Linux workgroup server > > - Mid-level processor e.g P4 rather than Celeron or Xeon > - 1GB RAM > - 2 x ~ 200GB drives in RAID 1 > - Extra 2 x ~200GB hot-swappable SATA drives for backup > - In a tower case > > What is my best bet for out-of-the-box (or close to) Linux compatibility? hads -- Mr. Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
