file server for home

[Brian Densmore]

I've got to start choosing my words more carefully. I was speaking of
software RAID. Software RAID could be done on a single HD (not that I
recommend it in any way). SCSI is not that much more expensive than
ATAPI. I said SCSI because of speed [10-15K RPM], up to 2x as fast as
ATAPI can get (money is no object argument is no longer valid). And I
said recommend, not must have. We are talking about a file server, and I
don't know what he is planning on using it for.

My own system uses a single 20GB 7200 RPM ATAPI HD, with no RAID
configured, running the reiser journaling filesystem. So you see my
budget doesn't always allow me to follow my own advice. But he asked for
recommendations, and I stand by my recommendation.

2 SCSI HD as big and as fast as can be gotten
ext3 or reiserfs filesystem
software RAID 5
100 -> 200+ MHZ CPU
32 -> 128+ MB RAM
el cheapo video card (or built in)
el cheapo atapi cd (2x good enough)
tape backup (if any money left)
no sound card
floppy
borrowed mouse, keyboard, and monitor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:hutchins at opus1.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 3:20 PM
> To: Brian Densmore; Kclug
> Subject: Re: file server for home
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com>
> 
> 
> > Except Harddisk space! I'd recommend the biggest fastest HD 
> your budget
> > allows. I'd also recommend a SCSI HD.
> 
> Why would you pay double or triple the price for a SCSI 
> device? ATAPI works
> great, and you can even do RAID these days.  SCSI is for "price is no
> object" projects.
> 
> If he's using RAID, then he'd be getting "the three 
> biggest..." etc.  Better
> low-cost strategy is to get what you can afford and use a 
> CD-ROM backup
> package until you can afford a second one (for RAID mirror or manual
> backup).
> 
> 
> 
>