FreeBSD mail server

[LuckyTaxi]

Seems SATA is the hottest thing around, so is it worth using it on our new server?
Is SATA more for RAID?

Or should I just stick with IDE? Will FreeBSD recognize the drive w/o any problems?

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: lilcam
Seems SATA is the hottest thing around, so is it worth using it on our new server?
Is SATA more for RAID?

Or should I just stick with IDE? Will FreeBSD recognize the drive w/o any problems?

for servers, SCSI is the only disk array i would consider.

Go SCSI, you will not regret it.

 

[HKSturboKID]

with the high speed IDE right now, I don't sata and ide is basically the same. y spend the extra $$$.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Klixxer - I know I should be using SCSI but we've been running with IDE for over a year now w/o a hitch.
We're looking to upgrade our web and mail server has they both run on separate PII-450 MHZ computers with less than 512 MB of ram. We have no speed issues or anything like that. We might consider SCSI depending on how much our CFO have budgeted for us.

HKSturboKID - You're correct, speed is fairly the same with SATA and IDE. We're going with IDE for now. I'm looking up prices.

 

[jhu]

scsi over fibre channel

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: jhu
scsi over fibre channel

ditto

 

[groovin]

scsi over fibre channel would be awesome, but hes gotta think about how heavily taxed his mail server is going to be. he said that speed wasnt a problem on a lowly PII-450 so i think all that would be overkill.

 

[TechBoyJK]

i think the both of us that recommended it realize that... 😉

 

[groovin]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
i think the both of us that recommended it realize that... 😉

yeah i know, i was just point that out to lilcam... im sure he knew without my post, but a little affirmation never hurt =)

 

[jhu]

Originally posted by: groovin

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
i think the both of us that recommended it realize that... 😉

yeah i know, i was just point that out to lilcam... im sure he knew without my post, but a little affirmation never hurt =)

i'm good enough, i'm smart enough, and doggone it! people like me!