10-28-2009
Just about any PC should be able to do what you want. Use that C3 you've got (since it's probably a bit faster, and the motherboard probably has LAN on-board), connect 3-4 500 GB discs, and set them up as software RAID (no need for a RAID card). With a RAID 5 setup, you're looking at 1 TB to 1.3 TB of useable space (subtract 20 - 30 GB to have lots and lots of space for the OS).
Suggested layout (on all discs):
Partition 1: ca. 100 MB, RAID1, using ext2, mounted at /boot
Partition 2: ca. 20 GB, RAID1, using ext3, mounted at /
Partition 3: ca. 500 MB, swap (= 1.5 to 2 GB of swap space)
Partition 4: the rest, either RAID5 configured as LVM PV or just RAID5 using ReiserFS (quicker with small files), mounted at /srv/samba
As for the distribution: just about any should do, as any modern distro knows about software RAID, LVM, and Samba (for Windows connectivity), but I'd opt for Debian.
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xunmapwindow
XUnmapWindow(3X11) XUnmapWindow(3X11)
NAME
XUnmapWindow, XUnmapSubwindows - unmap windows
SYNOPSIS
XUnmapWindow(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
XUnmapSubwindows(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
ARGUMENTS
Specifies the connection to the X server. Specifies the window.
DESCRIPTION
The XUnmapWindow function unmaps the specified window and causes the X server to generate an UnmapNotify event. If the specified window is
already unmapped, XUnmapWindow has no effect. Normal exposure processing on formerly obscured windows is performed. Any child window will
no longer be visible until another map call is made on the parent. In other words, the subwindows are still mapped but are not visible
until the parent is mapped. Unmapping a window will generate Expose events on windows that were formerly obscured by it.
XUnmapWindow can generate a BadWindow error.
The XUnmapSubwindows function unmaps all subwindows for the specified window in bottom-to-top stacking order. It causes the X server to
generate an UnmapNotify event on each subwindow and Expose events on formerly obscured windows. Using this function is much more efficient
than unmapping multiple windows one at a time because the server needs to perform much of the work only once, for all of the windows,
rather than for each window.
XUnmapSubwindows can generate a BadWindow error.
DIAGNOSTICS
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSO
XChangeWindowAttributes(3X11), XConfigureWindow(3X11), XCreateWindow(3X11), XDestroyWindow(3X11), XMapWindow(3X11), XRaiseWindow(3X11)
Xlib -- C Language X Interface
XUnmapWindow(3X11)