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Article #3Re: Need advice in buying server
From: Andrew Hodgson
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:02
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:02
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:59:34 +0000, "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >I've never specified a server before and would appreciate some guidance. >I don't want to inadvertently buy something which turns out to be less >than a complete computer because some magic cable or power supply or other >essential component is needed which an experience buyer would know about. > >The application is in the USA and must run Windows. And I found a unit >which seems to meet my hardware needs for home or colo'ed use, but I'd >appreciate any words of warning. What attracted me about this one was the >low profile 1U height and the 2x250GB SATA drives. A lot of small servers >seem to come with just small SCSCI drives. > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150100260351 This looks quite good, the rail kit is in there as well so that is good. It mentions no optical drives though (?). The SATA drives from this system seem to only be software RAID (if you wanted to RAID-1 the drives to make 1 250GB disk). > >My application does not need a web or FTP server so I'd like to run the >machine on XP Pro rather than Server 2003 just for cost reasons. Can >anyone tell me if the Server product is materially more stable or robust >or offers any great advantage when the built-in server applications are >not useful? Drivers may be an issue? Andrew.
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