Tech Spec's for Mount Arrowsmith Community Network Hardware
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Pod_Master Server

Touch 486DX4/100 Tower System

Intel CPU, Intel Saturn II Chipset
32Mb ram (expandable to 128 megs) w/256K Cache
Mitsumi 3.5" 1.44Mb Floppy disk Drive
On-Board NCR 53C810 32-bit PCI SCSI Controller
Micropolis 2.1 gig SCSI-2 HD, 512k cache, 8.5 ms access
Trident T9000 VGA video card 512k ram
14" VGA Monchrome Moniter
On-Board 16550 Hi-Speed serial & Parallel ports
2 PCI, 3 ISA, 1 Shared Expansion slots
101 Key Enhanced Keyboard
200W power supply

Exabyte tape drive

Model 4200C 2 gig native 4 gig compressed
4mm dat
SCSI-2 device
512k cache
330-660 Kb/s transfer

Boca Mulitport Board

16 port (model BB2016)
ISA - EISA compatible
112K bps max. data rate on each port

Modems

4 - USR 14.4 external modems (1 on loan)
1 - "No Name" 28.8 external

This was our first server. We went with this configuration mainly due to cash flow.

We bought the CPU, Tape drive and 1 modem first .

Configuring took about 4 months to do. In this time we added the other modems and the Boca board. On October 14 1995 the system was installed in the Career Centre and the lines connected up.

After setting up the system, the only change that I'd make would be to have a PCI/ISA SCSI card rather than the On-Board one.

This system runs on the power of Linux. Version 1.2.1

Homer Server

Comtex Mach 5 Pentium-PCI System

586 P100 Intel CPU
32Mb ram (expandable to 128Mb) w/256K cache
3 1/2" 1.44 Mb Floppy disk Drive
300W power supply
Full tower
Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI-2 controller
Quantum 2.1Gb SCSI-2 hard drive
Sony-Dynatech 4x SCSI-2 cdrom drive
101 Enhanced keyboard
Trident 9000 ISA S/VGA video card
3 PCI, 4 ISA Expansion slots
This system has been tendered and will be arriving in the not too distant future.

We will be loading the Linux OS, upgrading the software as needed and then adding it to our system as our main server. This will allow us to update the Pod_Master server software and put it back into service as a mirror server in case of failure and also allow us to use it as a mail or news server as required.

If you're a real wirehead and want to talk shop send a message to Chris - clarge@macn.bc.ca


Created January 29, 1996
Revised January 30,1996