It's not a bad idea.  NT is a very cost-effective way of running an ADSM
Server, assuming that's the only thing running on it - Very much the key for
any NT Server.

1) Through tests, Average Throughput Tends to top out at 30GB/hour.  20GB is
more reasonable.  Migration and Reclaimation can bring this down to under
10GB/hour.
That shouldn't happen too often or config may need to change.

2) Total number of clients is unlimited, but simultaneous can top out @ 50
comfortably.

3)   Generic Branding 4-5 PCI slots with PII or PIII CPUs.  Not too much
difference with SMP models performance wise.

4)  Use UWSCSI at a minimum, very reasonable pricing these days.  SSA and
FC-AL arrays are fine too, but SSA isn't always the best option.

Best suggestions for PCs used as ADSM Servers...

-- PII or PIII or AMD Athlon Processors (133MHz CPUs very nice right now)
    Merced will set all these back a few years.
    Merced will set all these back a few years.
-- CAS-2 SDRAM, branded PC-100 or PC-133
-- Multiple SCSI channels/buses into one that contains your WinNT bootup
-- Multiple SCSI channels/buses into one that contains your WinNT bootup
drive, and others for storage equip.
drive, and others for storage equip.
-- Networking...Fast Ethernet is reasonable, for performance go fiber.
All of this equipment does have a "noticable" performance effect on your
All of this equipment does have a "noticable" performance effect on your
system.  And at the prices seen, can very much be in the ballpark.

ADSML