Robert - elists wrote:
>
> We use a lot of hp servers...
>
> The idea here is that I want to put centos on the machine, use it mainly as
> a high powered workstation with a good video card and I need rock solid
> functional reliability as a desktop workstation.
>
> Im thinking in terms of the hardware, yet im concerned about the video
> drivers etc.
>
> I am not an expert on video cards and video drivers in the linux community.
>
> Obviously if it is beefy enough it will handle basic server testing chores
> too.
>
> Thanks for the input... more? Others?
I've been pretty impressed with IBM 3550's compared to earlier versions
but they are noisy 1U units like you would probably use as a production
server and you don't want to sit near it. Have you considered running X
remotely from a different desktop workstation instead of dealing with
the video on the server itself? Or even freenx with the NX client on
your choice of linux/windows/mac workstations.
Just make sure you get a CPU type that can run VMware 64 bit guests if
you want to be able to test everything (not all 64-bit processors can).
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Les Mikesell
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