server: overkill (unless you plan on /. like hits, with all dynamic
content)
OS: debian 2.2
i'm not sure on the raid thing. you could call VA linux systems, and
purchase one of their systems.. the full-on 2x2 box is really nice (seen
them) and may have that software setup on them.. they use their own
version of redhat6.2 which is really nice.
neither linux nor freeBSD do a whole lot of high-avaliablity monitoring,
or reporting out of the box.. but there are addon packs with that kind of
stuff.. you may have to do some of that work by hand.

either the eepro100 or the 3com will do. it doesn't matter much, from what
i've seen, most web bandwidth won't push more than 10mb anyway.. (what
kind of uplink are you planning on putting this on)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)

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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 Nick.T.Reinking at supervalu.com wrote:

> Greetings, all, I'm looking to build a server for an e-commerce
> company that I'm thinking about starting up.  Sadly, as I don't
> have much experience running Linux on "high-end" machines,
> I have a few questions.
> 
> First of all, the (relevent) config:
> 
> CPU: 2x PIII Coppermine 800MHz (133MHz bus FCPGA)
> Motherboard: SuperMicro 370DLE Socket 370 ServerWorks
>       ServerSet III LE chipset, 2x64-bit PCI, 4x32-bit PCI, 133MHz bus, 8GB 
> supported memory
> SCSI Card: Adaptec 2100S RAID - Single channel, 32MB cache, 32-bit PCI, 
> Ultra160
> SCSI Hard Drives: 2x Seagate Cheetah X15 - 15000 RPMs, 18.4GB
> IDE Boot Drive: IBM IDE (whatever size)
> CD-ROM: Whatever IDE
> Memory: 512MB ECC
> NICs: Built-in Intel eepro100, 3Com 3C905b
> Case: Full Tower In-Win w/ Redundant Power Supplies
> 
> Questions:
> 
> What OS should I use?  FreeBSD or Linux?
> Which takes better advantage of the second CPU?
> Is all the hardware supported under both?
> Do the OSes take advantage of the special features of the ServerWorks chipset?
> Will either OS let me know if a SCSI drive dies and the mirror is broken?
> Will either OS report ECC errors?
> Would the eepro100 be a better primary NIC, or the 3Com?
> Will either OS let me know if a power supply dies?
> 
> Thanks for the advice,
> Nick Reinking
> 
> 


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