[THIN] Re: Server Specs
- From: Martin Stephenson <martin.stephenson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:52:12 +1000
Hi Keith,
If your not totally committed to Dell you may want to consider a server
which has Dual-Core AMD 64 bit CPU's. From a quick search I discovered that
Sun now sell a 1U server based on a pair of these CPU's, its the Sun Fire
V20z (
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v20z/index.jsp).
While most people are not rushing into 64 bit Windows you may find that you
want to install a 64 bit O/S on these servers at a later date, in the
meantime you will get the performance benefit of Dual-core architecture.
As a bit of background info you may want to read the Whitepaper recently
put out by Citrix on x64 Windows -
http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=924&externalID=CTX107341&fromSearchPage=true
Cheers,
Martin.
On 10/12/05, Keith Sirmons <KSirmons@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> I'm quoting some servers from Dell and wanted to get the opinions of all
> of the Citrix people out there in cyber space.
>
> These servers (three of them) will be hosting Microsoft Office products,
> Novell GroupWise, and 1 vb app (16MB memory usage/user) that is the front
> end to a SQL database held on another server to 180 users.
>
> All user data will be stored on a Novell server accessible through a
> mapped drive.
>
> I'm looking at the Dell Poweredge 1850 with dual 3.8 Xeons /2MB Cache, 4GB
> RAM, and raid 1.
>
> I plan on using 2 73GB 15k RPM Drives.
>
> What raid controllers do you use? The embedded one (PERC4ei), PERC4eDC-PCI
> Express (+$415 ), or the PERC4/DC for an extra $415?
>
> From your experiences, am I asking too much from these servers, or should
> I have more?
>
>
> Thank you for your continued support. This list rocks. You guys have given
> me answers for questions I did not know I needed to ask.
>
> Keith Sirmons
>
>
>
> Keith Sirmons
> Microcomputer/LAN Administrator
> College of Veterinary Medicine
>
>
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