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Re: [RT] Hardware: one big box or 2 small ones?



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On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:59:01 -0700, you wrote:

>>Get a new mother board and cpu.  They are very inexpensive. You can get out
>>the door
>>really well.
>>
>>If you have the dough buy a dual cpu server mother board.. throw windows 2k
>>and use mirrored drives for backup.

I already do the mirror drive backup every few days.   

Dont you need software that supports dual cpu's ?  I dont think any of
mine does even if I added w2k.   Also, if I got a raid board do you
have to have two hard drives at the time of installation ?  do they
have to be the exact same brand / size of drive ?


>>
>>Don
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Todd Horton" <toddao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:08 AM
>>Subject: [RT] Hardware: one big box or 2 small ones?
>>
>>
>>> I currently use one 500mhz computer with 4 screens (4 pci cards) and
>>> winme with internet trading and data.
>>>
>>> Using the trading software that I do and data collection and other
>>> things puts a load on my cpu and locks up or slows down certain
>>> programs.
>>>
>>> Should I upgrade my one motherboard and cpu or get another similar box
>>> and network?.   I use quote com which allows one connection per
>>> account so all tech analysis would be on one box/cpu and all order
>>> entry , mail, surfing, chat groups would be on another.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
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