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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!dundee.ac.uk!zippy.dct.ac.uk!uknet!dcl-cs!bath.ac.uk!aber!io.salford.ac.uk!viking.ucsalf.ac.uk!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Need Recommendation for FreeBSD File Server System Message-ID: <477sv8$c3u@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk> From: mark@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk (Mark Powell) Date: 1 Nov 1995 13:33:28 -0000 References: <JGAHM.95Oct19133029@raisin.bbn.com> Organization: Computer Services Unit, University College Salford, Salford, UK NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucsalf.ac.uk Lines: 36 In article <JGAHM.95Oct19133029@raisin.bbn.com>, Josh Gahm <jgahm@bbn.com> wrote: >We are about to buy a system which will act as the file server and >development system for our small workgroup, and which will run >FreeBSD. Can anyone recommend a suitable system? (There wasn't >anything suitable in systems.FAQ.) As with any file server IO speed is of the essence. Make sure you get multiple drives rather than one large one. SCSI controllers can read/write simultaneously from more than one drive getting you an order of magnitude greater raw disk IO. This especially good for swap, which is slow enough without being stored on an already busy drive. One big disk does get you more storage capacity, though. With, of course, all your eggs in the same basket. Best of all get a RAID controller. I understand the Compaq SmartRAID controller is supported, try that. If money no object get an external RAID box. >Requirements: > > >= 90MHz, w/ good overall performance for compiles. > PCI Bus. > Installs/runs 2.0.5 release cleanly now. > Expected to install/run 2.1 cleanly ASAP after its release. > > >Thanks for any suggestions. >Joshua Gahm > -- Mark Powell - Senior Network Technician - Room: C806 Computer Services Unit, University College Salford, Salford, UK. Tel: +44 161 745 3376 Fax: +44 161 736 3596 Email: mark@ucsalf.ac.uk finger mark@ucsalf.ac.uk (for PGP key) <A HREF="http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/~mark/">Home Page</A>