Wow, that's one serious database server. How many transactions per minute/hour/day/whatever will you be getting?
Personally, I think you're putting all your eggs in one basket. I would guess that server is going to cost you around $20k? I would instead get a pair of identically configured boxes, probably dual Xeons with 2-4GB RAM. Have the drives RAID5, which I think you can do with 3 drives. Use 10k drives, since the servers will be doing the database I/O to the DAS unit I'm going to mention in a second, if possible have another standalone small 15K drive in the box to use for pagefile. Then get a DAS (direct attach storage) unit like an EMC, fiberchannel RAID (get a FC card in the servers), to use as your data "drive" that is common to both of your database servers (which will be operating in failover mode). If you've got a little budget left, also get a less expensive NAS box that you will use to offload your transaction logs to so you aren't filling your expensive DAS with that sort of data. In the end, it MIGHT cost a touch more than the server you mentioned in your post, but you'll have greater redundancy and flexibility, and chances are you'd have better performance. Pete ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190611 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
