I need some help with server parts.

[Zach]

First, is this a good case? Enlight 8950
I'd want the SCSI module: The 8700

But, is it compatable with this: Thunder K7 (S2462UNG)? As in the PS, I see no official word.

And, as for the mobo, can you use this: AAA-131U2?

Otherwise, no point for onboard SCSI. Maybe this is a better choice anyway, if Redhat 7 digs it out of the box: Mylex AcceleRAID 170

 

[Zach]

This will look bad but it's what I have in mind:

From Axion Tech:
# Qty Product Code Description Price Each Ext. Price
1 CSEN8950R-4 ENLIGHT:EN-8950R,ENTRY LEVEL SERVER CASE,9-5.25 INCH,1-3.5 INCH,400WATT ATX ENLIGHT SINGLE POWER SUPPLY 268.95 268.95
2 ACEN8700 ENLIGHT:EN-8700,SWAPPABLE SCA ULTRA2 SCSI DRIVEMODULE FOR FIVE 1 INCH DRIVES 155.95 155.95
3 HDIB07N3140 IBM:07N3140,18GB ULTRA 160 SCSI LP ULTRASTAR7200 RPM 36LP 80PIN 4MB 107.95 539.75
4 PRAMPM1200O AMD: PALOMINO 1200GH,ATHLON MP PALOMINO,1.2GHZ,266MHZ FSB,OEM 178.95 357.90
5 MBTYS2462NG TYAN:S2462NG,AMD 760MP,DUAL SOCKET A,5PCI,AGP PRO,UDMA 100,4 DDR DIMM,LAN,VIDEO,ATX 397.95 397.95
6 FDSA144 SAMSUNG:FDD-3.5 INCH -1.44MB,FLOPPY DISK DRIVE,BEIGE 11.95 11.95
7 CDPLWRITER2 PLEXTOR: PLEXWRITER,CD-RW,12X/10X/32X,EIDE,ATAPI-4,150MS,TRAY LOADING,WIN 95/98/NT COMPATIBLE,RETAIL 139.95 139.95

Sub-Total 1,872.40 + $79.52 shipping = $1951.52

From Crucial, 4x 256MB ECC Reg. PC2100 DIMMs: $241.16

Total: $2193.08

 

[Zach]

Nobody has comments on this?

 

[SCSIRAID]

I wouldnt use an Adaptec AAA in a server app... The Mylex 170 is a better choice. Check out AMI also. Both are true hardware RAID.

 

[Zach]

<< I wouldnt use an Adaptec AAA in a server app... The Mylex 170 is a better choice. Check out AMI also. Both are true hardware RAID. >>



I thought the AAA's were hardware, just available in a 0 channel? Mylex is good too though, I'd research it but I'm sure there must be drivers in Linux already.

 

[flyers1]

Looks like a killer server to me. Just one question: What will it be used for? Seems like overkill unless you will have a really high traffic website or database.

 

[SCSIRAID]

AAA is not hardware. RAID processing is done in the device driver

 

[Zach]

<< Looks like a killer server to me. Just one question: What will it be used for? Seems like overkill unless you will have a really high traffic website or database. >>



My style is to have one large backend server, and a high capacity hot spare, feeding a bunch of cheaper servers that could die. The backend gets good storage that wont die, the others don't matter so much. I'll probably give them SCSI drives in the future, but they have/will have cheap hardware so they'll die now and then. I currently only have two servers, one doing web serving and the other SSL web pages, logins, and email. So for now it's load distribution. I'll probably need 2 web servers, that's three if I want a spare. I'll probably just let me main server's hot spare be a webserver hot spare though. They all share an httpd.conf, so I'll just move IP's around as I need to.

 

[Zach]

<< AAA is not hardware. RAID processing is done in the device driver >>



That is really good to know, thankyou for that input.

So, the big question is if the enlight case can handle a dual Athlon board, but I can just replace the PS.