do any of you know any answers to the following
where can i get cheap HDD's or for free (im intending to use IDE ones)
preferably all the same size as there is no point them shrinking if i can help it
can I use Multiple PCI cards to control it? and if I have a RAID capable motherboard can i do that, and how about intergrating SATA with it, possable
can I run it on linux and have it intergrate with windows Clients, proberly use ubuntu for it.
how do i go about making it an e-mail server?
i would like to know, so if any of you know anything, please help me
2007-05-24 01:25:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I really don't suggest going cheap with a RAID server, save up some scratch and make it a good one. Best HDDs to use on a server are actually SCSI drives. they are hella quick and I think they are cheaper than SATA. Sorry I can't help you with the Linux question, I've only used Debian and Fedora (and not much of either). Good Luck with that tho. I would also suggest using RAID 5 if I remember correctly it has a built in fault protection to that if one hard drive goes out you won't lose any data, just don't let two go out. otherwise you'll lose data
2007-05-24 05:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Brent R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the question, you want to build a fairly reliable server, for email, while using components that are of likely limited value. If you obtain lots of older, free, smaller capacity disk drives, then the failure characteristic is probably much higher than desired. Further, a RAID set can generally tolerate the failure of one disk.
Lots of weaker components is an invitation for multiple failures over a short period. If that occurs, you may not be able to recover (quickly).
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2007-05-24 05:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by Alan G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋