[imc-uk-tech] Re: [Imc-uk-process] PROPOSAL: database server

[andi]

hi all,

On Monday, Jan 30, 2006, at 21:31 Europe/London, yossarian
wrote:

>>i'd propose to get four sticks of 512MB, totalling £274.64
>>$118.99 (£68.66) each: http://tinyurl.com/9maxq - the maxxing
>>out option of 4x1gig is way over 800 quid, not worth a p3.
>>
>>plus get a gigabit ethernet card to crossover the new db
>>server and traven so they don't communicate via a switch. i've
>>seen a US robotics card for $24.99 (£ 14.16)
>>http://tinyurl.com/ckwbw but please chip in with better ideas
>>for cards that are known to work fine with debian.
>>
>>let's decide on this by 1 feb
>
>This seems good to me.  Don't have any experience with gigabit
>cards for Debian. 

elijah from riseup just told me that they have a donation of
100mhz ecc 1 gb sticks that might fit those lp1000r so i held
back ordering the RAM until it's clear if 100mhz fit in those
boxes (the specs say they can only take 133mhz but let's see).
if that works it'd be great - it'd maxx out the box for nought.
buying (redundant) sticks like that would be 800+, in pounds...

anyway i've ordered that gigabit USR997902 card as the debian
kernel list marks it compatible with vanilla 2.6.13-rc1:
http://www.mailarchives.org/list/debian-kernel/msg/2005/04344 
if there's problems with it give me a shout and i buy whatever
other card works

cheers andi