Yes. No. Maybe so.
To start with the hardware:
Last I heard, and read, there was really only one motherboard for dual
AMD chips. Tyan makes it. It comes with onboard damn near everything.
RAID, IDE controller, and dual 3com NICs. I think it's like $650 or so.
This may have changed, I've
Not to sound too harsh on the person who quoted the hardware
configuration, but this sounds more like a hackers dream game setup than
a low-end server configuration. If you want a stable platform, you
might want to ask others who have actually setup servers. AMD might be
okay for some
I'm going to put together a server, based on Mdk 8.2 for a friend
(mainly to host a few of his sites from), he's recd a quote for the same
with this h/w:
Gigabit Mobo - dual cpu - AMD
1 GB RAM
Adaptec Raid 5 controller
RAID array of 6 x 70 gb SCSI with one hot swap
D-link wireless lan
any
