Hi, Looks okay... I'm Assuming here that you will be using the desktop components.
1. Since 4Gb of memory, go for centOS 64bit. 64bit will see all memory. If 32bit, you will only see 3 +/- Gb of memory at most, and you have to use highmem or PAE kludge/workaround just to see 4Gb. FYI, all 32bit OS on the X86 are affected by this, not only Linux. And besides, 32bit apps will still work anyway. 2. Asus mobo. As much as possible: * Go for 4 memory slots. Possibility of adding memory in the future. 6 or more slots mobos are more expensive though. * Go for 6 SATA ports. Future expansion of HDD in the future. * Go for mobos with onboard video. You will not use it, but gives you flexibility of connecting a monitor if needed. * All of these are only a few pesos more. 3. Power Supply. If you can, go for 600watts, the better. 480watts are okay, but adding HDD in the future would not be a problem. 4. You have not mentioned the casing. It's important. If it's a desktop casing, go for casings which can accommodate 4 or more HDD. One example case that i like, is the Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case. Though for gamers, i love that it has 6 HDD and fans blowing on the HDD. The temperature of the HDD dropped from 39C to 32C just because of this. There are a lot of oversize fans everywhere on this baby. 5. If you are comfortable with SW RAID 1 on Linux, then go for it. I still don't trust consumer built-in HW RAID. SW raid taking up cpu/memory is a thing of the past when you are dealing with Pentium 200Mhz few years ago. With a Core 2 Dualies @ 2.2Ghz, SW raid resource is negligible to the system. -- regards, Andre | http://www.varon.ca 2008/2/6 Froilan Romualdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Meron akong i-se-setup na mail server. > - CentOS 5.0 > - RAID1 - (CentOS software RAID) > - Postfix (MTA) - SMTP server > - Dovecot (mailbox server) - POP3 server > > > Ang hardware specifications nito ay: > - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz > - Asus mobo > - 2 X 2 Gb = 4 Gb total main memory > - 2 X 250 Gb hardisk (2nd hard disk is for stripping) > - 480 Watts power supply (dual fan) > > Questions: > 1. Ok lang ba ang Software RAID ng CentOS 5.0? Nabasa ko kasi ay mas maganda > ay hardware raid. > Affected daw kasi ang memory at processor speed sa pag process ng software > RAID. > > 2. Ok naba ang setup ng hardware ko? > > 3. Mag-se-sent ng 100K emails a day. Ok ba ang setup (plan) ko? _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
