Powerful and Stable PC Configuration for Linux (Fedora)

[Ben Stringer]

On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 15:51, Igor Zhidkov wrote:

> The critical demands for chosen hardware are:
> -productivness
> -stable and robust work during high (close to or equal 100%) load
> 
> 
> For now I've chosen the following configuration:
> 
> CPU:  PENTIUM IV 2.8 GHZ 512CACHE 800 MHz HT
> MotherBoard: ASUS P4P800 i865PE/DUAL DDR400/LAN
> Memory : 2 X 512 MB DDR 400 MHz
> Video Card: 128 MB ATI RADEON 9200 TVOUT AGP X8
> HDD: WD 120GB/7200/8MB CACHE
> DVD-ROM: ASUS
> FDD 1.44": PANASONIC/SONY
> Case: CASE for PENTIUM IV 2FANS
> 
> 
> Please suggest me any changes which can increase stability of the the 
> configuration during long-time 100% load. Or give an examples of PC 
> configurations you've purchased recently.

I'd be inclined to go for slower memory (one step down), SCSI disk
(arguably better reliability) and to introduce some degree of RAID (I'd
go with software raid1 - mirroring, on 2 different disks).

Cheers, Ben