How would you build a server?

[jasonrudolph]

So, my company is about to purchase a catalyst server, and it seems as High End will no longer be selling servers. They are only going to be selling the software. So, if you needed to build your own server, what would you put into it???

Jason Rudolph

[Spam Butterfly]

Here's what I would put in it:
2Ghz Dual Processor G5
ATI Radeon 9800
Atto Express PCI UL4S SCSI card
Maxtor Atlas 10K Ultra 320 146Gb drive or Seagate Cheetah 10K Ultra 320 146Gb drive
SCSI cable and terminator.

Decklink Extreme - note that long runs of SDI need reclocking with this card.
Aurora Pipe or Aurora Pipe SDI

Powered USB hub.

Keyspan 4 Port High Speed serial interface.

emagic Unitor 8 MkII

Artistic Licence ArtNet box.

A couple of Kramer XGA DA's.

Depending on what environment that you use your Catalyst, you might want to add some decent scan converters too.

Hugh
Catalyst Test bloke.

[samsc]

The most important thing - and minimal thing to do - to a newly purchased G5 - is to add a second disc drive.

The software does not work well at all if you run content from the same drive as the one containing the system.

Internally - minimally - you can add a 10,000 rpm sata raptor drive
Or add a scsi card and drive.

Externally you should be looking to add a hard disc system.
External SCSI systems, are much safer at the moment.
SCSI is a well proven technology.

I think highend has put together some documentation - which is not available yet.

[samsc]

So, my company is about to purchase a catalyst server, and it seems as High End will no longer be selling servers. They are only going to be selling the software. So, if you needed to build your own server, what would you put into it???

Jason Rudolph

Jason.

You are pretty together.
You know your stuff.

What would you do?

Richard

[jasonrudolph]

Well, I think I have it all figured out. But I have one question. Since I will be purchasing a enw machine, it will most likely have 10.3.5 installed on it. Where can I get myslef a copy of 10.3.3 to install on it?

[samsc]

Well, I think I have it all figured out. But I have one question. Since I will be purchasing a enw machine, it will most likely have 10.3.5 installed on it. Where can I get myslef a copy of 10.3.3 to install on it?

The next version. which will hopefully be out very very soon. will work with 10.3.5.

I think you might have problems if you backwards install onto a new machine....

What kindof configuration are you going to be speccing?

R

[jasonrudolph]

Dual 2ghz g5 (don't have the option to wait for the 2.5)
2g ram (will also do some video work on the machine)
Radeon 9800xt

ATTO UL4D SCSI Controller

Two External 147 GB Seagate 10K RPM SCSI drives in a RAID array (with the budget I had, this fit in)

ArtNet Etherlynx

8 port gigabit ethernet switch

Furman 1U rackmount UPS, and a 1U power conditioner

Two extron UXGA DAs

[samsc]

Two External 147 GB Seagate 10K RPM SCSI drives in a RAID array (with the budget I had, this fit in)

Which scsi case are you getting?

[jasonrudolph]

well, right now, I am just looking at the ones OWC has, but do you have any suggestions?

Also, do you have any idea as to when the 10.3.5-compatible version will be out?

[samsc]

hugh just got one.
it looks like a mini g5 tower. dont know which one it is.
he had 5 scsi drives inside it.

i got mine from granite digital. they do pro-quality scsi cabling.
http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg03_cases.htm

glyph, and medea also do rack mount units.

http://www.medea.com/

glyph do nice rack mount cases. road tested for audio application.
http://www.glyphtech.com/site/home_intro.html

im sure other people have suggestions.

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10.3.5
hugh and i are working through the last bugs right now.
we are almost there.