>>NICS: 2
>>- can these be set up to be redundant?
>>- do I get a preformance boost from reundant nics, or does the 2nd one start working when the 1st fails?
>>- how much does it cost to have them hot swapable? Is this worth the cost?>>RAM: 1 gig

I noticed you hadn't commented on the network cards. Any ideas to share about these?