Help Building a New Web Server

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cybertron

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Alright, so i'm trying to build a new server that MUST be 1U for the colocation i've been looking into. A friend has a rack and he is trying to get the mouse out of the space. Anyways, AMD is having this convention near my house and they are offering the following setup for $500 and I'm trying to figure out if its going to do what I need and will be reliable.

— 2 - AMD Opteron™ 246 CPUs
— Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D) motherboard (w/ U360)
— Microsoft Server 2003 x64 Edition

From what I've priced, its a steal, but more importantly is it going to work for my application. My primary use for this server will be serving web pages (.Net apps and such), Running a MS SQL server, and running a mail server. I have 2 GB of DDR2... crap. which i just realized wont work. blah. Alright, so i'll need to buy ram, can I get normal ram or do i HAVE to ahve REG'd ECC? I know it supports non-ecc, but how about non-reg'd? I am being told by a friend that 2003 x64 is not going to be very reliable and I'm just trying to figure out if any one has experience with this setup and its reliablitiy?

Thanks in advance.

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Doh... forgot... Any idea where I would buy a 1U case for this bad boy?
 
It's a good platform, probably more than you need unless it's for a really popular site. I run a website that doesn't get much traffic on an Athlon XP 2100+ and even that's overkill for my site. But some sites will stress what you listed.
 
dandragonrage said:
It's a good platform, probably more than you need unless it's for a really popular site. I run a website that doesn't get much traffic on an Athlon XP 2100+ and even that's overkill for my site. But some sites will stress what you listed.
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well i host a bunch of sites actually. like 50 at the moment but all really low traffic
 
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