Re: [CentOS] settings up cheap a NAS / SAN server, is it possible?

Steve Tindall wrote:

On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 19:16 +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote:

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Unfortunately, the only ECC capable motherboards I can get my hands on will be XEON, which is much more expensive than a normal desktop type motherboard. And the CPU's will cost more.

Consider using an Asus socket AM2 motherboard, as they support ECC.

A popular choice is the Asus M2N-E with 6 SATA connectors (not to be confused with the M2N-E SLI), but any of the nforce 500-series Asus motherboard should work fine with CentOS.

Modest AMD socket AM2 45watt dual cores are relatively cheap.

Steve

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Thanx Steve, I don't see that mobo on my suppliers' price lists, but I'll shop around a bit