[101583] in RedHat Linux List
Planning to purchase a server for Linux: Compaq or IBM? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rafi)
Fri Nov 27 14:49:00 1998
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 01:17:15 +0530 (IST)
From: Rafi <quest@mrna.tn.nic.in>
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Hi All,
We here at the Bioinformatics Centre, School of Biotechnology
Madurai kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India wanted to purchase
a server for our email/proxy services on RedHat Linux 5. Thanks to
PCQuest for the RHL distribution on the May '98 CD. We have setup
the linux for smtp/pop/proxy and other services but mainly for
email and proxy.
Currently, it is running on a P133MHZ, 16MB RAM, 2.1GB HDD.
But we thought we should put more memory, more speed, more HDD space
etc. to take over the traffic from all the places throughout the
school. RHL setup here will be serving around more than 25 users from 25
clients on our network which spans 3 different buildings. The number
of users will go up as we add more computers to the network.
We are considering the Compaq Prolinia 200 and IBM Netfinity 3000
series for the RHL to live in. Now, these servers seem to have
"management features" apart from PII 300 and above, 4GB SCSI HDD,
32MB RAM (we will definitely put another 64MB in) and other standard
components.
We thought of getting Linux-India list's help in deciding
which one to go for or to settle with a workstation product from
Compaq or IBM like Compaq Deskpro and IBM PC 3xx series.
We expect to share your views in this regard. I am sure
there are lot of them out there who have moved into such situations.
Hope to hear from you all soon.
Regards,
Gnana
Bioinformatics Centre
School of Biotechnology
Madurai kamaraj University
Madurai-625001
TN, INDIA
P.S: Should I upgrade to RHL 5.2?
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