Tell your doctor that Data reliability and "cheap" don't go together. He/she will have to choose.
Mirrored drives, along with daily backups will give you some reliability. They don't necessarily have to be hot swappable, unless downtime is not an option. I have run both Compaq and Dell servers in a public school environment (Netware, not Linux). I prefer the Dells. My .02, -Paul Schwebel, Lab Facilitator San Dieguito Union High School District --- Paul Rodr�guez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > <snip> > 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 > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com
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