Ok, 37 clients (all windows except for the below mentioned UNIX) 12GB images 
folder.

My real concern is the horsepower of the box in relation to doing all the task 
and writting to 8 SSO LTO 3 drives. The amount of data is about 30TB for full 
backups and most of the windows boxes are file & print or exchange and some 
SQL. The UNIX boxes are Oracle.

Does this help?

As to the Linux comment, I would love to, but it's not up to me. If it were up 
to me it would be a Solaris box. :)

Regards,

Patrick

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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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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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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