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

[Rudi Ahlers]

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

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