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Re: HW for Linux WWW server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Bennett)
Wed Apr 19 22:56:18 1995
From: Geoffrey Bennett <geoffrey@tafe.sa.edu.au>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:21:19 +0930 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <m0s1i5e-000BC2C@stlawrence.maths.ox.ac.uk> from "Ralph Loader" at Apr 19, 95 11:19:00 pm
Ralph Loader spoke thus:
> As you say, there won't be a problem here; go for the PCI---it seems to be
> more or less standard. VLB would be ok, but PCI has a reputation for fewer
> problems & is more or less the standard. I can't see the point of paying
> the extra for EISA---there's probably better things to spend your money on.
> Disk access will probably be reasonably heavy, so go for SCSI especially if
> you're going to have more than one disk drive.
If we get PCI, then what controller would be best? I'm using a
NCR53c810 at home, and it is running fine, but it seems that the
driver doesn't support more than one outstanding command, so the
advantages of SCSI will be reduced. Is there anyone out there using
a Buslogic 946S (PCI) controller? The HOWTO says that it is slower
than the NCR, but I assume it would be faster with multiple disks
due to disconnect/reconnect support.
Does anyone know if/when disconnect/reconnect support is planned for
the NCR driver? We won't have multiple disks when we start up, so it
won't be an issue for a while.
> Summary: I'd get a 486/66 486/100 Pentium 60 or Pentium 66, with PCI
> Ethernet & SCSI and fast hard drives. I'd probably start with 16 or 24 MB
> of RAM and upgrade that if it became necessary.
Okay, thanks for your (and everyone elses) suggestions!
Regards,
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