Building A Development Computer

gravel rash lil · #1 Sep 17, 2005, 07:51 AM

I've been asked to build a computer at work because I have the ability to cobble together a home computer. They are wanting a computer that is to be used as a development server in-house:

- Basically replication of live environments for project development purposes
- Code debugging
- Versioning system Code repository / Code Release control
- VMware(.com) virtual servers (e.g. Windows Server 2003) as required by projects
- Intranet

I think the basic spec of dev server would be:

- Dual CPU (AMD Opteron)
- Tyan S2882-D Mobo
- 4Gb Ram (Patriot)
- ATX-Extended case (mobo is 12" x 13" ATX-Extended)
- Min Dual HD @ 300Gb WD (Raid edition)
- 3Ware RAID card (4 way) 8000 or 9000 series

Are there better components than what I've chosen out there or have I missed anything? Any advice would be very much appreciated.



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