Thanks, Jim. Your reccomendations have been very helpful. I've been going over several options over the last few days. I'm afraid server grade components seem to be outside the price range of this environment. The doctor is looking for components in the $500 range.
That being said, I'd like to know more about hot-swappable drives. Because of the importance of data reliability, I will definately be going for a RAID setup, probably just mirroring as you said. And because of price considerations I'm currently leaning towards integrated motherboard RAID controllers. Having never used removable hard drives, I need to ask whether or not this needs to be integrated into the case or can be added to later. My main concern about the RAID setup is many mixed reports regarding RAID and various controllers and Linux. Also, having a RAID 1 setup with removable drive cages on a Linux server/workstation, are the hard drives truley hot-swappable? Thanks for your help, Jim, Rog, and everybody on the list. -Paul Rodr�guez On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 13:55, Jim Dawson wrote: > My only recomendation is to use 'server grade' hardware. 'Desktop' grade computers >are not designed to run 24/7. Unfortunately I don't know of any server-grade >computers that use AMD processors. > > If possible go with a SCSI disk subsystem rather than IDE. IDE drives are made for >the desktop market and are generally not designed for 24x7 operation. If you can >afford it get a RAID controller (even if you are just mirroring, a RAID controller >can handle mirroring much better than the server itself.) and hot swappable drives. >it is also a good idea to have redundant (and if possible hot swappable) power >supplies and cooling fans. > > Compaq and IBM both sell very Linux-friendly server lines. Dell and (I think) HP >also support Linux on their server products. I personally would recommend the Compaq >Proliant line. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Rodr�guez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 10 Nov 2001 17:02:19 -0500 > Subject: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system > > I am building a system for the doctor's private practice. Stabillity is > the number one concern. We will have windows and linux running on > separate hard drives untill we can tansition the database to Linux, > after which, I'd like to have a RAID system for increased data > reliabillity. > > Do you have any suggestions on hardware I should be looking for or > staying away from? I'd like to use an AMD chip. Are there any special > considerations for having a mroe reliable system? > > -Paul Rodr�guez > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ------------=_1005591342-1851-1811 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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