Comments on: The low-end server https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-low-end-server/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-low-end-server David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-low-end-server/#comment-652 Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:39:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=209#comment-652 thanks for the info

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-low-end-server/#comment-651 Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:13:07 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=209#comment-651 I knew I was leaving something out. Hypermicro.com is a great place to get SCSI stuff. You definitely want Ultra160 and be sure the card you’re buying comes with cables (Hypermicro is good about telling you which cards do and don’t). The Adaptec 19160 is a safe choice. The LSI cards ought to work with Linux but I have no experience with them.

Other than buying drives, I’d just bring the 733 up to 256 MB of RAM. If those motherboards will take parity or ECC memory, you’re a little safer with those, but that’s not a showstopper if you can’t.

You’re probably better off with a SCSI tape drive than an IDE, just because higher capacities are available in SCSI than in IDE. Just be aware that any decent tape drive won’t be cheap.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-low-end-server/#comment-650 Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:01:24 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=209#comment-650 So where should I look for a good SCSI controller and disks? What should I look for in the way of features? Does it matter if we get a SCSI or IDE tape drive? What other upgrades would you perform on the Dells, to make them server worthy? One is a Dell Optiplex PII 450 w/ 256mb or ram, on board nic, video, and sound. The other is a Dell Dimension 733 with 128mb or ram, and a 10/100 nic. Obviously the onboard sound and video aren’t going to do much on a server.

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