Re: Rackmount Sun Hardware

From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 08/30/05


Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:13:53 GMT

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, BN wrote:

> I am looking for a PC with a rack mount chassis that can handle 4 IDE or
> SATA drives internally with a CDROM and floppy. It should have or
> accommodate SATARAID or IDERAID (mainly for mirroring) (not software
> raid) and gigabit Ethernet. I intend to run SAMBA and postfix. Anything

Why not SW RAID? Unless you're talking about RAID 5, SW RAID isn't
that bad...

> cheap would be ideal.

SAMBA?!

Right now, the only Sun box that meets your needs is the V40z, but it's
not cheap. A V20z + external drive array would probably be cheaper.

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