Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf >> > Of > >> Steve Thompson >> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:39 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] settings up cheap a NAS / SAN server, is it possible? >> >> >> A cheap server: there are many different values of cheap; it all depends >> on what you need it for. >> > > Yupp, break down the requirements into the following three options: > > * Good > * Fast > * Cheap > > Pick any *two*. You can never ever have all three. It's a natural law or > something. 8-) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sure, SATA isn't as fast as SCSI, so I sacrifice that, but SCSI won't give me the same space (3TB) as SATA either. So, a gigabyte mobo + 6x 1TB SATA HDD's + 4GB RAM + 2.8Ghz Core 2 Duo isn't too bad? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff