Re: dedicated server specs / 7.0-Release

2008-03-20 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, 2008/3/20, Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:42:38 +0100 > > "Zbigniew Szalbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In a some cases it might be smarter to go for "better" drives (made for > > > operating 24/7). > > > That being said, I've often used shitty d

Re: dedicated server specs / 7.0-Release

2008-03-20 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:42:38 +0100 "Zbigniew Szalbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a some cases it might be smarter to go for "better" drives (made for > > operating 24/7). > > That being said, I've often used shitty drives myself on servers that have > > been up for ages at a time. > > R

RE: dedicated server specs / 7.0-Release

2008-03-18 Thread Chris Haulmark
> hello, > > 2008/3/18, Christian Zachariasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Depending on what you're doing you might clarify what you are > planning on > > doing with the disks. > > Are you running them in any form of RAID? > > > > In a some cases it might be smarter to go for "better" drives (made > f

Re: dedicated server specs / 7.0-Release

2008-03-18 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
hello, 2008/3/18, Christian Zachariasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Depending on what you're doing you might clarify what you are planning on > doing with the disks. > Are you running them in any form of RAID? > > In a some cases it might be smarter to go for "better" drives (made for > operating 24/7)

dedicated server specs / 7.0-Release

2008-03-18 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, We will be moving shortly to a dedicated server at a data center and we have been suggested a machine with the below specifications. However, the provider uses Fedora exclusively, so they will do an initial install of FreeBSD but then I am on my own. Tough luck but I am not going to give up