> > A) A doublechecking cleanup team of computers. A team of (say) five
> > PIII-500s, 64MB SRAM and suitable motherboards, with cheap everything
else
> > (cases, etc, and probably only one old monitor to share among them all)
>
> As a computer repairman, of two years, I agree with my father of (5 years
> computer repair experience, ~20 years electronics experience), and his
> co-worker (30 years of computer repair experience) that your *never ever*
> cheap out on power supplies. And crappy cases almost always come with
> crappy power supplies. This is expecially true for a team like that one
> that would have to have constant operation.
>
> Crappy power supplies can cause flaky performance in innumerable ways
> relating to CPU and motherboard operation, as well as drive operation.
sure, but a nice ATX case like the InWin A500 with a reasonable 235W power
supply sells for a cheap $59 or so.... I've got a lab full of servers
running in these back at work, some have been on continuously about 2 years
now.
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