See below... ----- Original Message ----- From: Clifton Royston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'd go a different route, pay even a little more, and go for the > cheapest X2 or Opteron 1x5 processor. Linux has long been able to > makegood use of SMP. If it's for Samba/LDAP alone maybe you don't > need it, > but I'm thinking that this will probably end up doing even more > things.Looks like you can get a dual-core Opteron for $325. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103588
This box will be only for Samba/LDAP. Thanks for the suggestion :-) > I'm not sure even this is necessary unless you're feeling you *must* > do hardware RAID. There's an SATA controller on the mobo, and you can > configure Linux to do software RAID1 almost trivially. Going to do this on our backup server. > Oh, and I know so many of our schools lack air conditioning. If > there is *any* room, anywhere in the school, which has reliable air > conditioning, make sure this server lives there. Every degree you can > lower the average temperature means longer life for the hard > drives, the > CPU, and nearly every component within it. > -- Clifton It will be living in one of the rare cool rooms on campus. Thanks for your help Clifton. --Peter
