Ed,

Just outta curiousity, what convinced you that you need this kind of hoursepower at home? I don't have a server at home, just a dual boot PII 350. But I just got back from the So. Cal. conference and I'm getting close to convincing myself that if I want to try some of these technologies, a server is required.

PF

>I'm expecting a system in with one; a SuperMicro S2DG2 motherboard (dual Xeon/dual channel UW2 SCSI, 440GX chipset) system that I'm evaluating for a client for use as an application server under NT Server. Should be interesting; it's basically a beefed up high-end workstation from a custom integrator. We'll be comparing it to an IBM NetFinity box and an HP LH3 (read: beating the crap out of it) and it'll probably hang around for a few days after the testing so that I can try it as a workstation.
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>The last two NT servers we put in at Weatherhill are boxes from PCNut; essentially the same box I run here at home for my NT Server (P6DGS motherboard, dual PII/450s, Adaptec 7895 chipset (dual channel UW SCSI) with the Adaptec RAIDPort adapter), and they've been super stable under a wide range of loads. I don't recommend this approach to most of my clients. If I weren't doing the support myself, and couldn't be assured of available identical spares, I wouldn't even look, since the main interest is having a server that stay up and running even when I'm not around to perform the necesary ritual sacrifices.