Leonardo Boselli wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
>> can build a generic PC clone and run Linux on it? A quad core AMD with 8
>> gigs of ram and a 500G hard drive will cost you under $400.
>>
>
> won't work ... at least 3 disks, otherwise the bottleneck is the disk
> interface. (here with a dual quad core and two disks the bottleneck is
> in the disk performances, spamassassin helps a lot in this <GR> )
>
>
A $70 Asus motherboard from NewEgg will support up to 6 SATA II drives
connected to the motherboard. Set that up with Raid 0 and you have a
screaming fast system.
