Computer recommendation for Linux server.

[Michael Tewner]

hi!

We don't know what your other requirements are, but are you sure that a
"desktop" machine will be stable enough? If the single second-rate power
supply toasts (and probably fries a disk and the controller with it), can
you afford the >1 week downtime? What about backups?

-Mike

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM, nir grinberg <nir at grinberg.org> wrote:

> I second this.  your demands are outside of your budget (by far)
>
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> Nir Grinberg
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> 2009/5/7 Marc Volovic <marcvolovic at me.com>:
> > Hi
> > Can't be done.
> > You're (to put it candidly) saying - what DESKTOP machine with lotsa
> disks
> > be cheap!
> > The answer - with your budget - none. Five 1TB disks will cost you some
> 2K
> > ILS. A RAID controller will cost another 600-1500 ILS, say 1K. This is
> your
> > budget and no desktop yet.
> > Either reduce capacity oir increase cost.
> > M
> > On May 7, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Josh Roden wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to setup a Linux Centos Samba file server.
> > The server should have Raid 1 or 5 with a high storage capability (up to
> 4
> > or 8 TB).
> > The budget is around 3,000 shekels so an HP or IBM machine probably won't
> > be relevant.
> > Last, but not least, the machine should be Linux compatible at least from
> > your
> > experiences if not in writing.
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > Josh
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