Re: First SBS server

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From: Matt (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:37:35 -0700

No more than 10 at once. I chose the SATA drives because
the SCSI ones required an expensive RAID controller.

Matt
>How many clients will be connected to this server?

>-----Original Message-----
>Matt
>
>How many clients will be connected to this server? I
would probably opt for
>SCSI drives over SATA. But it depends on a lot of
factors. SATA is going
>to give you much more capacity for the $, but SCSI is
still a better
>performer in a server that gets hit alot by multiple
clients.
>
>Joe
>
>"Matt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1a14801c44e52$fad5b1d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi, I am about to but my first SBS server (upgrading
peer
>> to peer network)and I was hoping to get some feedback
on
>> the system I am currently planning to buy.
>>
>> Here are the specs;
>> 2.8 Pentium
>> 1G RAM
>> SBS standard
>> 2 80 Gig SATA Hard Drives w/ Onboard SATA Controller
>> Onboard NIC
>> Intel Pro 1100s (2nd NIC)
>> 56K Data/fax modem
>> cd-rom
>>
>> I feel pretty good about this set up; I think the hard
>> drive configuration is the most confusing (many choices
>> IDE,SCSI, etc. Not to mention RAID configurations and
>> controllers. If any one has any input I would welcome
it.
>> TIA, Matt
>
>
>.
>

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