- Jun 22, 2001
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I plan on building a little FreeBSD fileserver for all my critical data, and I plan on also having it be accessible from the web via FTP and HTTP server. My main question, is will this setup be able to handle the load/throughput, or would I get better preformance with a different cpu/mobo/ram config. The specs are:
Dual Pentium Pro 200mhz 256k Cache
Older Dual PPro Mobo w/
Intergrated 10bT Nic and Video
64meg 168pin EDO RAM
Escalade 6200 PCI IDE RAID Controller
3 or 4 40gig Seagate 5400rpm HDs
Raid 5
FreeBSD 4.3
with Standard FTP/Web/Samba Services
3com 10/100 PCI Nic, Possibly 1000bT Linksys?
Will the CPUs be able to handle the load OK, or should I switch up to a single faster processor (if I did it would probably be celeron)? And data security is my main concern, followed by server reliability, and then througput, but I would like them all if possible. And would I benefit at all by switching from the 3com 10/100 to a 1000bT Linksys card? Would the RAID 5 array be able to keep up with it? And my last question is what filesystem should I use? I've heard that RiserFS would work well, but should I consider anything else, mabey NTFS or the standard linux FS?
btw, there won't be many users at any time, say 5 max, but all will be doing thing like dumping HD images and streaming large video files on a regular basis.
Dual Pentium Pro 200mhz 256k Cache
Older Dual PPro Mobo w/
Intergrated 10bT Nic and Video
64meg 168pin EDO RAM
Escalade 6200 PCI IDE RAID Controller
3 or 4 40gig Seagate 5400rpm HDs
Raid 5
FreeBSD 4.3
with Standard FTP/Web/Samba Services
3com 10/100 PCI Nic, Possibly 1000bT Linksys?
Will the CPUs be able to handle the load OK, or should I switch up to a single faster processor (if I did it would probably be celeron)? And data security is my main concern, followed by server reliability, and then througput, but I would like them all if possible. And would I benefit at all by switching from the 3com 10/100 to a 1000bT Linksys card? Would the RAID 5 array be able to keep up with it? And my last question is what filesystem should I use? I've heard that RiserFS would work well, but should I consider anything else, mabey NTFS or the standard linux FS?
btw, there won't be many users at any time, say 5 max, but all will be doing thing like dumping HD images and streaming large video files on a regular basis.