You failed to menton how many clients and how much you plan on backing up, 
that is probably the most important thing, then media servers, then master 
server.

Justin.

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> If you're more comfortable with UNIX style OSes why not use the hardware
> to create a Linux master instead of a Windoze master?
>
> I gather there are several on the list using Linux for master servers.
> (We use HP-UX for our master.)
>
> I'm not sure the hardware below would be sufficient for a master though.
>
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> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Windows Master Server :(
>
> Not being a Windows ________ (you can fill in the blank)
> I would like to know your thoughts on the following configuration:
>
> Microsoft Windows Server 2003
> Standard x64 Edition
> Service Pack 2
>
> Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz
> 3.60GHZ, 5.93GB of RAM
>
> Proliant DL360 G4
>
> Is this powerful enough to be a master/media server with 8 LTO III
> drives and approximately 9 windows media servers 1 solaris and 2 hp-ux
> media servers all using the same 8 drives (4 in the case of HP-UX, but
> that's another story).
>
> ANY, help will be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick
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