Re: tlug: Re: TLUG Server (Hardware)

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Marcus Metzler wrote:

> Hi Scott, 
> just a little about prices:
> Maxtor 88400D in Akihabara 42781 yen=$335.01
> with 127.7 yen/$ 
> So no big difference

Hm, haven't seen them that cheap here.  Oh well.  In any case, we need to
buy one, or at least *something*.  I think we should have at least a 2 gig
drive, but that's my opinion.

> 
> Marcus
> Scott Stone writes:
>  > On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, John Little wrote:
>  > 
>  > >    Okay folks. I've been looking at the server hardware again, so
>  > >    here's an update.
>  > > 
>  > >    First, the reboot "error" is gone. It was simply a misconfigured
>  > > 
>  > >    I also remembered that there was a second RAID controller, so we now
>  > >    have two controllers and slots for eight 3.5" disks. The reason this
>  > >    machine came my way to begin with was becasue a couple of the disks
>  > >    died. Since then, a couple more have died. We now only have four
>  > >    210MB IDE drives available, meaning that if we use the RAID
>  > >    mirroring capability we can only configure a maximum logical drive
>  > >    size of 420MB (about enough for a Linux install, but not nearly
>  > >    enough for a server).
>  > 
>  > >    this sound reasonable? Would anyone with Compaq experience like to
>  > >    suggest another method?
>  > > 
>  > >    The memory boards are those silly, proprietary Compaq ones, with
>  > >    SIMM modules which attach to 50-pin connectors (quite unlike
>  > >    anything anyone else uses). There's 32MB of memory already in the
>  > 
>  > Let's not use this machine.  Proprietary ram slots are a bitch.  Let's get
>  > something more standard that takes standard hardware.
>  > 
>  > As for IDE disks, if you can wait for shipping, I can get 8.4GB Maxtor
>  > Ultra-DMA EIDE drives for $332 (yeah, $332 for 8.4 gigabytes!).  I can get
>  > smaller ones for less, of course.  Has to be shipped from the USA, of
>  > course, but... I dare you to find a drive half that size for that price in
>  > Japan.
>  > 
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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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Next TLUG Nomikai: 11 March Wed 1998 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 19:30
Chuo-ku, Kyobashi 1-1-6, EchiZenYa Bld. B1/B2 03-3275-3691
Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April 1998 Saturday, Tokyo Station
Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code
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a word from the sponsor:
TWICS - Japan's First Public-Access Internet System
www.twics.com  info@example.com  Tel:03-3351-5977  Fax:03-3353-6096