[THIN] Re: IBM Blade Performance using IDE 5400 rpm drives.
- From: Matt Kosht <matt.kosht@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:06:45 -0500
Are SATA drives an option? Cheaper than SCSI and you can get 10K RPM SATA drives
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:01:36 -0700, Steve Greenberg
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> Using other vendor products I can tell you that a 5400 IDE on a blade is
> pretty slow. I am currently using the new IBM blades with SCSI on a project
> and there is no perceiveable difference between them and a standard server
> using SCSI.....
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> Steve Greenberg
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 9:01 AM
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> Subject: [THIN] Re: IBM Blade Performance using IDE 5400 rpm drives.
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> Don't use 5400 rpm drives. It probably isn't a bottleneck, but it will feel
> less snappy. I'd imagine the access and seeks times on that drive will be
> blown away by a 15k scsi.
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> R
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Glenn Dona
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:49 AM
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> Subject: [THIN] IBM Blade Performance using IDE 5400 rpm drives.
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> Hello,
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> Has any body used the IBM Blades with 5400 RPM? Will this
> cause the bottle neck if we use it? Should we upgrade the blades to the new
> IBM SCSI drives before we commit ourselves in deploying Citrix.
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> Any Replies is much appreciated.
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