Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am in the process of implementing a fairly large mysql server for > an even larger company, and naturally i want to use FreeBSD. The > hardware will be an HP DL385, 2 x dual-core Opterons, 16GB RAM, 7 x 15k > rpm disks in a RAID5 setup.
Generally speaking, RAID 5 is known for lousy performance in database loads. Consider using RAID 10. > So, first of all, am i crazy for choosing fbsd+mysql for this rather > than something like Solaris + Oracle? :) Well, you should be using FreeBSD+PostgreSQL, but that's just my religion. > Secondly, i am just looking for > some suggestions, opinions, success/failure story's that may help me > out. Is anyone out there using FreeBSD for something of this size? I am > hoping that everything will work out well, and the client will be happy. > This would generate some good PR for FreeBSD, as it is a very large > international company and it would be the first FreeBSD server (that i > know of) of this type there. Yes, this is being done. I would suggest surfing the Postgresql performance mailing list archives a bit. There are often discussions of huge databases there: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/ -- Bill Moran The presence of stale files in this directory can cause the dreaded unpredictable results, and therefore it is highly recommended that you delete them. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
