[THIN] Re: New Hardware Config
- From: "Rob Beekmans" <robbeekmans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:05:33 +0200
Same here, we never use RAID5 for Metaframe servers.
we offer LP1000 (nowdays DL380 /360 G2) with 2 x 18G / 1 - 2 GB RAM / Dual
proc. / 2 partitions.
Only for DC's and Exchange serve etc. we use RAID5.
grx
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Shonk" <JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 5:56 AM
Subject: [THIN] Re: New Hardware Config
> Why? RAID 5 for a Metaframe server is a waste of money. RAID 1 is
> sufficient typically faster since the parity bit does not have to be
> calculated.
>
> You also don't need the Hot Spare.. There is a purpose to having multiple
> servers in a farm. Plus it would require a box with 4 drives... Most 1U
> servers only can handle 2-3 drives. That means you would need to go 2U to
> hold that capacity. A model up and a U of rack space wasted.
>
> Joe
>
> Go with a 1U box, Dual Proc 1-2 gigs of Ram. 2 x 18 gig hard drives (or 36
> if you want the space) and split into 2-3 partitions.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 9:02 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: New Hardware Config
>
>
>
> I would go with RAID5 if you can afford the extra money for drives, and
> include 1 drive for hot spare. The differences in performance aren't
going
> to be noticeable in an Office 2000 environment IMHO. RAID5 + hot spare
will
> give you the most worry-free setup. I've known people who had a RAID5
array
> loose a drive and the hot spare kicked in and they didn't even know they
had
> a dead drive for months.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Callaway [mailto:callaway4all@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:57 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] New Hardware Config
>
>
>
> I need to purchase additional servers for my Office Farm and want the best
> performance out of a dual processor box with 1 gig of memory. Should I go
> with a Disk Configuration consisting of a RAID5 array with 3 logical
drives
> for OS, Apps and PageFile, or a Mirror with 3 partitions for OS, Apps and
> PageFile. Which is going to give me the best performance for running
Office
> 2000 Apps?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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