i did a little crawl on several sites for a simple starter server spec’s running 24/7
yet i am confused with some techical and termnology problems
[ purpose ]
we are going to run
1) company website,
2) public discussion forum,
3) file storage for collegues.
for (3) storage for collegues:
5GB for 55 people. (simple file storage solution)
each will have its own ftp external access.
[ spec wish list ]
motherboard:
in most circumstance which motherboard does one use for servers?
i am looking at iWill for dual CPU performance MB’s (http://www.iwill.com.tw/product_adns.asp)
hopefully can find a PCI-express supported motherboard for SCSI hard-drives (Intel SRCU42E)
is iWill recommended or is it much preferrable to use MB’s from Asus?
what is the difference between PCI-X and PCI-express?
CPU:
we are planning to use P4 or xeon (dual proccessor),
even AMD64 sounds great.
since the site will not have
so price vs quality, is AMD64 better than Xeon?
HDD:
50GB for forum, 10GB for company site, 275GB (5*55) for storage. total 335GB required
so we are planning to have ..
2 “Seagate 160GB 7200RPM Sata150/8MB” for storage solution (windows 2003 is installing here)
2 “Seagate 37GB 10000RPM Ultra320” SCSI drives for company site + forum usage
(http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,540,00.html)
thus i like to ask….
1) is it possible for this combination?
2) will we need 2 SCSI PCI-express cards or just one Intel SRCU42E? (http://www.intel.com/design/servers/raid/srcu42e/index.htm)
the priority job for server in the beginning is focusing on storage solution
overall its a price vs quality comparison (price as low as possible)
its a one server to do our multi-task job
it would be kind if i can hear any suggestions over my research, even just part of it
we could hire some technicians but i feel its more fun to do this myself, thanks!