Re: Hardware for 4.0

2000-02-22 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 14:25:45 -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > IBM Hard drives... > > If you can actually get them Last time I bought a drive we > weren't able to get IBM in any reasonable timeframe and ended up with > a Seagate instead. (And that Cheetah

Re: Hardware for 4.0

2000-02-22 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > IBM Hard drives... > > If you can actually get them Last time I bought a drive we > weren't able to get IBM in any reasonable timeframe and ended up with > a Seagate instead. (And that Cheetah 18LP's not a bad drive, either.) Should you run into that pro

Re: Hardware for 4.0

2000-02-22 Thread Garrett Wollman
< said: > IBM Hard drives... If you can actually get them Last time I bought a drive we weren't able to get IBM in any reasonable timeframe and ended up with a Seagate instead. (And that Cheetah 18LP's not a bad drive, either.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all fam

Re: Hardware for 4.0

2000-02-22 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
> Hello, > > I'm purchasing a server to run 4.0 on. It won't be in production > immediately, but I need to get a quote ASAP. > > What SCSI card would people recommend? It doesn't need RAID. > Any particular SCSI tape drive? We are partial to the TekRAM 390-F symbios 53C875 based controller. >

Re: Hardware for 4.0

2000-02-22 Thread Dan Moschuk
| What SCSI card would people recommend? It doesn't need RAID. | Any particular SCSI tape drive? I like the Adapdec 2940 cards for low-medium end servers. | I'll probably buy a midrange Asus motherboard and a nice Intel fxp | NIC to go on it. Any other recommendations? The fxp cards are good