You can get racks from lots of places. I would check with someplace local
since shipping them can get expensive. For rackmount cases any good PC parts
retailer should have them from 1U up to match any configuration you might
want. I would suggest getting something with a common power supply. Some
of the smaller units have custom ones that are not readily available if it
dies.
I run all of my server on the AMD platform and have for over 7 years now. I
still have a couple of my original servers in production and they still
perform well for their job. Compared against the Intel they perform just
as well and are much cheaper. For Disk drives I would suggest Seagate or
Western Digital, I am not a fan of anything else out there. Asus makes a
good product but so does Gigabyte, MSI, and any other main stream
manufacturer.
For the OS I would run Debian. It is very flexible and secure and has lots
of packages available. It is simple to install BIND for DNS, FreeRadius
for AAA, Freeside for billing, and Cacti for monitoring/graphing and all of
the background apps that are required. FreeBSD and Fedora are also very
popular.
Jory Privett
WCCS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:35 PM
Subject: [WISPA] DIY Server Questions
Hi Gang!
I'm finally, at long last building my Network Operations Center
and would love to hear recommendations from the brave
souls out there that build their own hardware.
I'm looking for recommendations for motherboards,
rack-mount case vendors, Rack vendors, etc.
I must admit I have a bias against Intel-based systems,
but would defer to experience supporting an Intel platform.
I will in every instance be running on flavor or another of Linux
for all my OS needs, should that have a bearing on the response.
My previous experience favors ASUS motherboards, and
good name-brand memory devices. I have lost faith in most
of the Disc Drive makers, however Shugart's 5 year warranty
is tempting me in their direction.
Any thoughts, comments, etc are welcomed.
If appropriate, you may contact me of list.
Dave Brenton
General Manager
Rural Tennessee Wireless Broadband, LLC
3430 Highway 49
Dover TN 37058
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
931.232.0914 (office)
931.827.4181 (home)
931.627.1142 (cell - when not in cell-hell)
Livin' on Central Stupid Time ('til October)
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