On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:27:03 GMT, "FN"
wrote:


"daytripper" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:45:13 GMT, "FN"

wrote:

I'm looking at using one of these Gigabyte motherboards in a custom built
file server, for a small business...

http://secure.newegg.com/app/specifi...tem=13-128-166
http://secure.newegg.com/app/specifi...tem=13-128-185

I'll be using Windows 2000 Server. IDE hard drives will be attached via
a
separate Promise IDE Raid 5 Card. About 1-2 gb of RAM (feel free to
suggest).

Does RAM speed matter for this type of file server usage? I gather ECC
ram
support is good for a server, but I have no idea if I should go with dual
channel DDR 400 or 266? Would the difference be noticeable? The
difference in the motherboard and the ram easily adds a couple hundred
dollars minimum, and I'm wondering if its a waste.

A file server? Multiply the number of network hoses times their best-case
bandwidth and I bet you still won't touch the *disk* bandwidth available,
never mind the memory bandwidth available with the lesser of your
choices...

ie: it's likely a waste to spend $$ on premium memory...

/daytripper


As for the hard drives, just having a single IDE 5400 rpm vs 7200 rpm drive
makes a noticeable difference on a server. But thanks for the thoughts.

Building a file server around a single anything is probably a bad idea, but
building one around a single IDE drive would be down right stupid if
performance is a criteria. At least a scsi solution would allow seek
reordering where an IDE drive won't...