Yes and the MAKE webzine is pretty cool too!

What makes me happy is a CentOS 5.2 server running a Promise ST EX8650 RAID-1 and RAID-5 solution (6 HDs on the SATA300 capable controller - oh, it does SAS too and is capable of addressing >200 HDs). You have to use ES.2 Seagate or similar drives otherwise you don't have their vendor support, but they run FAST and with my GiGe (Gigabit Ethernet) it runs at about 26 MBps. Currently my box is running Samba, NFS, and 3 VMWare systems because it has a nice AMD AM2 Dual Proc and a decent amount of RAM.

This allows you to run server apps in the virtual systems without worrying about affecting your priceless data. Just turned up my Azureus virtual system recently and am able to turn off the main system in my room at night (save a little electricity now ^_^). With my setup, I actually added 2 10/100 cards and have them set to be bridged to the actual virtual machines (direct IP to the network).

Specs
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 2.4 Ghz
EPoX AM2+ Mobo
1.5 GB DDR2 RAM
1.1 TB Logical Drive 1
1.4 TB Logical Drive 2
2 GB Ethernet
2 10/100 Ethernet

Cost me around $800 (HDs and RAID card, the rest I already pretty well had)

In my small and humble experience I've had several failures that were right in the Enterprise Linux flavor from the Red Hat world themselves.

A couple years ago I was installing 4 with a license contract for a large state college (the largest employer in the state actually) and Red Hat EL4 couldn't even complete an installation without requiring an update to allow for the rest of the GUI setup which if you can't get to, makes it almost impossible to finish the setup.

So now, modern day, I am working with RH EL5.2 and the SAME THING happens. I try to call since I am on a demo license this time (doing the work at home for a company I am starting up) to let them know about the same problem with their installer and another problem they have with the kernel line in grub for the type of processor (completely wrong placement of 'noapic' when you are setting up their virtualization kernel). They tell me they can't take my advise or suggestion until I pay them money. Right - I have to pay them to help them fix their product. Guess that's what companies do anymore, try to convince their customers not to be customers unless they NEED them and then they are willing to pay exuberant fees anyway.