On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:20 AM, c h wrote: > The server could probably be based on ASUS P8H67-I > http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H67I/ > > placed in one of the Coolermaster Elite 100 (RC-100) compact enclosure > http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=3D6623 > > Probably 2 to 4 TB of two 2.5" HDD per server would be okay to start with= .. I was actually looking at that board just before you mentioned it! If the Dell/HP servers prove to be unjustifiably much more expensive than a build that I do myself, I'll go with this. How many (gigabit?/10Gb?/100Gb?) Ethernet ports are typically are on/used per computer in the server world? --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .