[K12OSN] server hardware advice needed

[R. Scott Belford]

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jim phillips wrote:
| Hi all,
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| We are server shopping for a small school.
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| Looking at a system from Ironsystems. M1520 with a rioworks HDAMA mobo,
| dual opteron, 4GB RAM.
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| Any input from those who know?
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| We will have 15 to 30 clients.
|
| thanks
|
| jim

We suggest this as a baseline for a 20+ lab.  Ram and additional CPU
power should be purchased according to your projected application use.
We use software raid for the system drives, and we use hardware raid for
the backup/data drives.  The drives are in removable racks to permit
easy removal in time of disaster or for repair.

http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=805266

For schools here in Hawaii not afraid to DIY, we suggest that they order
the above components and we help them to assemble it.  If buying from a
vendor, it enables them to better understand the cost of hardware and
the value that integrators provide.

- --scott


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R. Scott Belford
Founder/PR Director
The Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation
PO Box 392
Kailua, HI 96734
scott at hosef.org
808.689.6518
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