Re: [TCLUG:21429] Server recommendations

[Andrew Nemchenko <drew@usfamily.net>]

Well you could always run a couple of Quake servers a few Half-life servers,
Unreal Tournament server or two and Become very popular with the Napster kids if
you have some MP3s

Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com wrote:

> Greetings, all, I'm looking to build a server for an e-commerce
> company that I'm thinking about starting up.  Sadly, as I don't
> have much experience running Linux on "high-end" machines,
> I have a few questions.
>
> First of all, the (relevent) config:
>
> CPU: 2x PIII Coppermine 800MHz (133MHz bus FCPGA)
> Motherboard: SuperMicro 370DLE Socket 370 ServerWorks
>       ServerSet III LE chipset, 2x64-bit PCI, 4x32-bit PCI, 133MHz bus, 8GB
> supported memory
> SCSI Card: Adaptec 2100S RAID - Single channel, 32MB cache, 32-bit PCI,
> Ultra160
> SCSI Hard Drives: 2x Seagate Cheetah X15 - 15000 RPMs, 18.4GB
> IDE Boot Drive: IBM IDE (whatever size)
> CD-ROM: Whatever IDE
> Memory: 512MB ECC
> NICs: Built-in Intel eepro100, 3Com 3C905b
> Case: Full Tower In-Win w/ Redundant Power Supplies
>
> Questions:
>
> What OS should I use?  FreeBSD or Linux?
> Which takes better advantage of the second CPU?
> Is all the hardware supported under both?
> Do the OSes take advantage of the special features of the ServerWorks chipset?
> Will either OS let me know if a SCSI drive dies and the mirror is broken?
> Will either OS report ECC errors?
> Would the eepro100 be a better primary NIC, or the 3Com?
> Will either OS let me know if a power supply dies?
>
> Thanks for the advice,
> Nick Reinking
>
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