On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM, bruce bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I am stack between two identical systems (2U Twin2, 4 nodes, SuperMicro) > servers that have the same exact specs except for HDDs. These nodes will all > either have Asterisk installed with CentOS or will have Asterisk install in > virtual environment. > Option 1: 12 x 3.5" HDD (3 HDDs per node) > Option 2: 24 x 2.5" HDD (6 HDDs per node) > **both options come to the same price. > Other than the price difference (2.5" is more expensive and can't find many > of the 1TB or so....) is there any preference, advantage, or disadvatage of > chosing 2.5" HDD or 3.5" when it comes to the server operations or Asterisk > operation? > Each node of this server will be running CentOS 5.5 either in 64 or 32 bit + > Asterisk or they will be used for virtual environment where multiple > instance of Asterisk will be installed within CentOS XEN. > Your input is much appreciated. > Thanks > --
Hard drive speed may differ between 5400rpm and 7200rpm. Maybe if you explained the application needs, you will get better results. Thanks, Steve Totaro -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
