>As you yourself admitted, you're young and can take a risk or two. >And in the context of a network, ecommerce business, wouldn't you like >to have a bit of experience in your corner from people who get paid to >maintain networks and servers for a living? I know I would. But I do get paid to maintain networks and servers for a living. :P And my point was the a _single_ 2U unit would cost more than a single 5U unit, even if it does allow for future expandibility. But by the time this machine isn't enough, I expect to be able to purchase a Sun box, or a cluster a few 2U units, maybe pick up a 220R. Hmm. As far as the dual celeron system goes... 2 non-overclocked Celerons don't come close to the performance of a single high end PIII. (mostly memory bandwidth). Additionally, the BP6 is one of the least stable boards ever made. I personally have seen three BP6s "die" - even the local retailers (TranMicro) don't like selling them if they can avoid it - the return/repair rate is far too high. Nick REinking -------------- next part -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org