Jeff Folk wrote: > On Dec 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Florian Arzberger wrote: > >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: blueonyx-boun...@blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@blueonyx.it] >>> Im Auftrag von Jeff Folk >>> Gesendet: Freitag, 24. Dezember 2010 15:15 >>> An: BlueOnyx General Mailing List >>> Betreff: [BlueOnyx:06194] Re: BX upgrade path >>> >>> My server is (a lowly) Pentium 4 HT anyway, as a personal business >>> server, it rarely even breaths heavy... besides, an in place upgrade >>> doesn't imply an architecture change, and updating any additional >>> software installed from 32 to 64 bit in an automated process would be a >>> nightmare... >>> >> that kind of machine is still more than enough for a lot of webserver tasks >> anyway ;)
You might be surprised at how many P3's, and even a smattering of P2's are running around our datacenter. One thing I like about the P4's (and even more about the P3's) is that they don't generate a lot of waste heat. Some of these newer multi-core jobs are like rackable space heaters. And in 99% of cases, gross overkill for the task at hand. > Exactly... Plenty for running the three WP sites and my email, the ClamAV and > Spamassassin milters are quite fast. My limiting factor is more likely our > business class DSL. I rarely see CPU usage over 10%, except when > building/installing software... I love my HP DC1700, 3 GHz P4 HT, 2.5 GB, 4 x > 320GB (SATA laptop drives) RAID 10 Send it to me and we'll fix that pesky DSL bottleneck for you with full 100Mbps or GigE to the Internet. ;) (I'm spoiled... I can't stand being home poking along on my lowly 30Mbps FiOS.) Slightly OT, but... Actually, we're one of the few datacenters that actually welcomes individual customers with tower-type equipment. Even though many mini-towers will fit in a rack on their side, that takes up 3-4U and isn't the most efficient use of space. We have a special area in the datacenter with bakers rack shelves to accommodate non-rackable form-factors. We've got customers with everything from Mac Mini's to pretty large AS/400 boxes over there. But mostly a lot of desktop/tower stuff. -- Chris Gebhardt VIRTBIZ Internet Services Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@blueonyx.it http://www.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
