I have Dual AMD opteron 242 (1.4ghz) Tyan Thuner K8S (S2882) 2 GB RAM 3ware escalade 9500S-8 8x250GB WD SATA drives, 7 in raid5 with one hot spare
so nearly same configuration you're asking about. first off, debian-amd64 screams on it. it loves it. originally i had an 8506-8, but they told me proper 64-bit support wouldn't work with the 3dm/CLI userland utils, so i bumped up to the 9500S-8. it works great, now that kernel 2.6.8-rc1 and higher has full low-level driver support in it, and all the utils work great now too. it took a while and lots of back and forth with the 3ware folks =) i'm using it for NFS and possibly mail. right now it's also acting as an interim mysql server until my next dual opteron comes in. i can't help with your specifics - i'm running JFS, not ext3 or xfs and haven't had any need for any advanced filesystem stuff. all i can say is the hardware works great together. On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Hans Wilmer wrote: > Hi, > > for building a new server, I�ve made a list of hardware to consider more > closely. The server should, mainly, act as a SAMBA PDC fileserver and > run an ERP software which is web-based (client written in Java) on top > of a postgres database. It has to serve about 50 users and will probably > in service for a quite long time. The vendor of the ERP software > recommends using a dual CPU system. > > The list of hardware I�ve made is as follows: > > > two AMD Opteron 246 > Tyan Thunder K8S (S2882) > 2 or 4 GB RAM > 3ware Escalade 8506-8 or 9500S-8 or 9500S-4 (preferably 9500S-8) > 6 HDs @ ~200GB each (S-ATA), 5 disks in RAID-5, one spare disk > > > I�m not sure of the required size of the RAID array, we might start with > a smaller one and eventually extend it later. LVM should be helpful then. > > Having ACLs on the SAMBA shares is a must. The server should run Debian. > > Here are some questions I�m concerned of: > > > + How�s your experience with the above hardware? Are there known > incompatibilities or the like? Should I better use another > board? Faster/slower CPUs? > > + Should I stay with Woody or begin with Sarge? > > + Which kernel should I use, 2.6.x or the latest 2.4? > > + Does ext3fs in 2.6.x kernels have ACLs, or do I have to use XFS? > > + Which SAMBA version should I use? > > + What about 64 vs. 32 bit? Do I have to compile (important) packages > or are they readily available compiled for Opterons? Would I > actually gain performance by making use of 64bit software? > > > Any advice on the topic would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I�m mistaken > in general and should build the server totally different :) > > THX in advance! > > > GH > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
