[olug] Wanted: Intel Hardware Server recomendations

[Eric Penne]

INTEL P4-1.8AGHZ - 400/512 -SK-478 - BOX  179.00
DIT MID TOWER ATX 300W & FRONT USB         39.00
256MB DDR RAM PC-2700                      69.99
BIOSTAR VIA P4M266 M-ATX DDR/SDR W/V,S,L   69.99  

Total : 357.98


That's from DIT www.ditcorp.com

I tried to get through to RebootTheUser.com but the name won't resolve.


--- Matt Payne <Payne at MattPayne.org> wrote:
> Quoting Eric Penne <epenne at yahoo.com>:
> 
> > So what exactly do you need?
> 
> Need:
>  Case, Mother board, Processor, Memory
> 
> Like 
> > CD-RW
> > NIC
> > Video Card
> > Floppy?
> > 
> > With a budget of $400.
> 
> Is the $400 reasonable?
> 
> > Looks like you could go with a P4 setup.  Mobo w/built in video and
> > NIC.  Lots of high bandwidth memory.  Maybe some software RAID for
> > improving disk performance.
> 
> This sounds good.    Our hunch, from the current box, is that it's
> RAM and CPU
> bound.   The drives are IDE.   
> 
> What's a good way to measure if a linux box is disk bound?   Is there
> something
> better than vmstat and friends?
>  
> Thanks! -Matt
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