[ic] hardware for Interchange

["Scott Lewis" <scott001@balticave.com>]

Hi everyone,

I'm pricing a server that will be used to host a fair number of 
Interchange catalogs. Some will use a SQL database, others not. 
I'd appreciate input on what would be the best choices of hardware. 
The operating system will most likely be OpenBSD or FreeBSD.

I'll be spending $1500-2000 for a 1U machine. I may buy from a 
vendor or put it together myself.

Here's a sample configuration from an unnamed vendor, priced at 
$1218:

Intel i815 EAL motherboard
Intel PIII 866MHz
512 MB PC133 ram
IBM 30 gig 7200 RPM IDE HD
Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 card

That leaves $300-800 to soup it up for Interchange. How would you 
prioritize these possiblities (in terms of performance increase/$):

more memory
SCSI hard drive
RAID card and another HD
faster processor

Thanks in advance for any feedback,

Scott Lewis

scott001@balticave.com