I personally use Compaq Smart Array Controllers under NT, 2000, and 2003. They work great - never had a glitch with one. One problem is that they are *rather* long boards - might not fit in a case if it isn't full size.
Compaq/HP has Linux stuff, I think, so they most probably have drivers to go along with it. Compaq's server drivers, on Windows, at least, have always been really high quality. I have no comment about their desktop & laptop drivers .
>electricians are usually really bad about >pulling cable, as they're used to pulling phone >cable and not data cable
You might want to get yourself a chunk of "data cable" and a chunk of "phone cable". You'll find that they're more or less the same in the construction of the jacket. CAT5/6 is a bit more flexible.
We had this setup in a highschool - the computers weren't really supposed to be part of hte class - the classroom was needed. The kids spent the class playing on the Internet. There wasn't much that could be done to prevent it, either.
This is way overkill. I have a highschool environment with about 650 kids (900 this september) and 75 staff or so.
We use a Compaq Proliant 3000 (PII 600Mhz/1.25GB RAM/73GB RAID1) for our file server and PDC (runs NT4). This machine gets hit pretty hard. CPU usage is around 2%.
I use a Proliant 1600 (PII 450Mhz/1GB RAM/36GB RAID1) for Exchange 5.5 email (NT4). Processor usage is about 5%. Email is pretty popular at the school, and Exchange is a procesor hog.
I also have an IBM eServer with a PIII 1.0Ghz (or thereabouts) 1GB of RAM, and a 73GB RAID5 for web. This thing is mostly dynamic content, running ASP.Net and Windows 2000. Chip usage is around 7%.
I could easily combine all of this onto the Proliant 1600, and not have to worry about system resources.
Skip that machine you've got thought up. Get yourself a PIII 1.3Ghz/1Gb RAM/36GB RAID1 box, from Dell or Compaq with the educational discount. Next, pick up a good backup solution - as others have said, this si going to set you back a bunch. Don't cut corners here, though. A DLT drive is going to be several thousand dollars, alone. DLT tapes aren't cheap either. A UPS isn't mandatory for a computer club, but it's definetely a good idea.
Finally, learn to do this right before you do it - based on your hardware purchasing thoughts, you have no idea.
Best thing to do to backup the ACLs seperately would be to use cacls and save the results.
An image of the drive using something like V2i Protector from Powerquest or Norton Ghost from Symantec would be much more effective.
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I personally use Compaq Smart Array Controllers under NT, 2000, and 2003. They work great - never had a glitch with one. One problem is that they are *rather* long boards - might not fit in a case if it isn't full size. Compaq/HP has Linux stuff, I think, so they most probably have drivers to go along with it. Compaq's server drivers, on Windows, at least, have always been really high quality. I have no comment about their desktop & laptop drivers .
>electricians are usually really bad about
>pulling cable, as they're used to pulling phone
>cable and not data cable
You might want to get yourself a chunk of "data cable" and a chunk of "phone cable". You'll find that they're more or less the same in the construction of the jacket. CAT5/6 is a bit more flexible.
We had this setup in a highschool - the computers weren't really supposed to be part of hte class - the classroom was needed. The kids spent the class playing on the Internet. There wasn't much that could be done to prevent it, either.
This is way overkill. I have a highschool environment with about 650 kids (900 this september) and 75 staff or so. We use a Compaq Proliant 3000 (PII 600Mhz/1.25GB RAM/73GB RAID1) for our file server and PDC (runs NT4). This machine gets hit pretty hard. CPU usage is around 2%. I use a Proliant 1600 (PII 450Mhz/1GB RAM/36GB RAID1) for Exchange 5.5 email (NT4). Processor usage is about 5%. Email is pretty popular at the school, and Exchange is a procesor hog. I also have an IBM eServer with a PIII 1.0Ghz (or thereabouts) 1GB of RAM, and a 73GB RAID5 for web. This thing is mostly dynamic content, running ASP.Net and Windows 2000. Chip usage is around 7%. I could easily combine all of this onto the Proliant 1600, and not have to worry about system resources. Skip that machine you've got thought up. Get yourself a PIII 1.3Ghz/1Gb RAM/36GB RAID1 box, from Dell or Compaq with the educational discount. Next, pick up a good backup solution - as others have said, this si going to set you back a bunch. Don't cut corners here, though. A DLT drive is going to be several thousand dollars, alone. DLT tapes aren't cheap either. A UPS isn't mandatory for a computer club, but it's definetely a good idea. Finally, learn to do this right before you do it - based on your hardware purchasing thoughts, you have no idea.
Best thing to do to backup the ACLs seperately would be to use cacls and save the results. An image of the drive using something like V2i Protector from Powerquest or Norton Ghost from Symantec would be much more effective.