[KLUG Hardware] Re: IDE RAID

[Richard Zimmerman]

> Get the IBM Intellistation M-Pro P2-300 they have for $149 and add a 2nd
> CPU (it has the slot for one).  Those boxes are rock solid with Linux!
> It has onboard SCSI so you can add SCSI devices if you like.  Everything
> is well supported with Linux, even the onboard sound.  They also support
> ECC memory to make them even more stable.

   I'm looking at that myself. For my next machine I was planning SCSI
anyhow so the fact they have the SCSI controller is a plus.

> I've run Intellistations on my desktop for years (and I'm typing this
> email on a M-Pro 933! :)   All my company's servers (web, proxy, mail,
> DNS, intranet, Citrix, Windoze2K) are running on Intellistations, and
> soon the KLUG server will be upgraded to one my company recently retired
> (a dual Intellistation Z-Pro Pentium Pro 200).
> I also ran one at home for a long time.  I can't say enough good things
> about them!

    Sounds good! I think I'm buying a new computer!!!!! :-)

   Richard



Richard Zimmerman                                     richard@knbpower.com
System Administrator
K&B Transport, Inc.
Elkhart, Indiana                     Advanced SKYWARN weather spotter

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