i think that you should be fine....what internet connection do you have, because if it is anything above cable or dsl, then you might be getting into scsi territory when it comes to a server...
but if you are just going to let your friends and family access the thing, then you should be fine.
i think that ide is very fast now, and very stable.
if you get a raid 0 setup...then you should be running a very fast and reliable server.
i myself am going to make a file server, set up in my closet, but this will only be a storage device for my hiome network...
i am trying to find some REALLY cheap hard drives that i can throw in there, and use for storage...
they dont even have to be fast, because this thing will only be used for some minor backing up, and storing mp3s....
i would actually prefer them to be like 5400 rpm because that way, heat dissipation inside the closet would not be an issue....
that is another thing...
ide runs at lower rpms than scsi....which makes them better for home users who dont want to have active cooling running, creating massive ammounts of decibles under their desk.
scsi is very expensive...but you are paying for a faster, more reliable (saying this in respect to the fact that large servers use a scsi setup) drive than an ide drive.
so if it is just a small server, then ide will be adequate...but if you decide to expand it, look into scsi...you will be happier when there are immense ammounts of traffic accessing the drive.
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