On Sunday 25 November 2001 04:35 pm, Andrew wrote: > Hello, > > I have a P150 (Mboard from M Technology has 3-PCI 4-isa) and > want to make a file server. At the moment it has 32 meg ram. The > mother-board has four ram slots. I am not sure what the best way is > to configure additional ram. Or how much to get, is there a point > when it is wasted? 512? 256? 7?? > > Once I get it set up, I hope it will be long term. Now it has > only a 20G ide HD. I hope to add two 40G or 60G HD's and a have a > Promise hardware raid card. > Any and all coments welcome. > Andrew > > Mdrake 8.0
Sorry, the Promide is not a hardware RAID card. Calling it firmware is more apropos, but even so there is no support for it as a RAID in linux, nor is it necessary. Linux software RAID runs better and you can use non-identical disks without penalty and you can also configure RAID0 RAID1 RAID4 and RAID5. The 150 is fine for a fileserver, but use kernel 2.2 as the volume manager in 2.4 would put a heavy burden on it unless you are past kernel 2.4.10. Mandrake provides four journaling filesystems Reiser has the best overall performance unless you will be using NFS with it. XFS is also very good, and JFS might be a good choice once it is thoroughly debugged. ext3 is slow and slow and slower but reliable, and is a good choice for something like a webserver where the speed is less important and the added bonus of ext2 compatibility (instant in-place conversion is possible). Civileme QA team > > Have an extra nice Day!, > Andrew
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