[itdiscuss] Building A Linux Rackmount Fileserver

[Bryson Medlock]

Not all Seagate hard drives are the same.  I would go with the Seagate
Barracuda ES.2 1 TB drive with 32MB cache.  They seem to be the best
performing in all the reviews.
I'd also take a look at the Barebones Servers at Newegg.  They have pretty
good deals on some SuperMicro 2U cases with motherboard and redundant power
supplies.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Dan Barber <dbarber at kirkofthehills.org>wrote:

> I usually get mine from www.pricegrabber.com.
>
> Dan Barber
> Network Administrator
> Kirk of the Hills, PCA
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:10 AM
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> Subject: [itdiscuss] Building A Linux Rackmount Fileserver
>
> I'm interested in building an Ubuntu  Linux rackmount fileserver.
> With the combination of multiple forms of RAID supported in Ubuntu
> v8.10 (fast RAID software in the kernel and RAID builtin to the
> motherboards to support eight 1.5 TeraByte drives) and $100 TeraByte
> drives, and the quad-core Xeon and Opteron cpus under $200, I believe
> I can build a respectible server for cheap.
>
> The design goal is best value.  Most processor speed, memory,
> redundant hard drive space possible for the money.
>
> Question #1: What rackmount components do you like for a rackmount
> fileserver?  Including the following:
>
> • Case: I'm going for a 2U case
> • Power supply (pref. redundant)
> • motherboard
> • CPU
> • memory
> • hard drive
>
> So far I like the SATA II Seagate 1 TB drive with a five year warrenty.
>
> Question #2: Where do you like to buy your components?
>
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