Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:16:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:16:42 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust129.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.129]:58818 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:16:41 -0500 Subject: Re: Reliable hardware From: Alan Cox To: Orion Poplawski Cc: scott@thomasons.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3DF76302.7040503@cora.nwra.com> References: <3DF6291C.3090100@cora.nwra.com> <1039554145.14175.70.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <200212102000.54287.scott@thomasons.org> <3DF76302.7040503@cora.nwra.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 11 Dec 2002 17:01:48 +0000 Message-Id: <1039626108.17702.64.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 783 Lines: 16 On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 16:08, Orion Poplawski wrote: > Is there a good site for pointers towards assembling reliable Linux > machines? It seems to me the trickiest part of the whole operation is > choosing good hardware in the first place. I just started a new job and > inherited a buch of new but flakey machines, and I'd like to avoid doing > that in the future. The AMD duals have been a disaster in my experience. Its a shame because when they do go they really are very fast boxes. The biggest factor I've found is chipsets. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/