Good info thank you -----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Chad Austin Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:37 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose
It is more the read speed that matters, which is basically the size of the platter times the rotational speed, but you should look up the spec yourself on the exact drives. The important thing is reading the maps quickly off the disk to reduce waiting time in between map changes. For the website and database, random access time is what matters, so the inverse of the rotational speed, which can be looked up in the spec sheets. For example a 3 platter 10k rpm drive 147 GB and a 4 platter 147 GB 15k rpm drive will have similar read and write speeds but the 15k rpm drive having a 50% increase in random access speed, while a 300 GB 10k rpm drive will have around a 50% increase in read/write performance over the 15k rpm drive. With the prices of 15k rpm drives you might want to look into doing a RAID 1 of small 15k rpm drives for the OS, database, and website, and a RAID 1 of large cheap, 7k rpm drives for the game servers, and use it also for local backups of the database and website. mdma wrote: > Hi Yaakov, > > Thanks for the reply, but seriously who else here is running SSD's ? > Also i forgot to mention it will be running a 4 disc RAID 5 array. > I am looking at either SAS 15k drives or 10k Raptors, any help would be > appreciated. > And sorry if this is abit off topic, ive looked around at reviews but some > really contradict themselves. > I would love to get some real world answers from people who run game box's > > Regards > > Roy Jonas > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Yaakov Smith" <m4ngr...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:34 PM > To: "'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list'" > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose > > >> Solid State drives, or RAID5/10 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of mdma >> Sent: Monday, 27 April 2009 8:50 PM >> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com >> Subject: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose >> >> Hi everyone, this is my 1st post here, i usually sit back and just read >> what's going on, scanning it for useful information. >> I need some help regarding hard drives. I'm going to be running a >> dedicated >> server soon and want to know which you guys think are better for the job. >> The box will be running at first a couple of websites, small mysql >> databases, and then of course mainly game servers. >> The websites and database etc will be moved from this box to another down >> the line, and it will then only run game servers. >> My Box Specs are 1U >> 2 x Quad Core Xeons >> 8GB DDR2 >> 250GB Seagate CUDA ES, 7200rpm 32mb cache, with NCQ hard drives. >> >> Should i be worried about the performance of these hard drives under load, >> running multiple game servers etc, or should i upgrade them to Seagate >> Cheetah 15k rpm SAS drives, or 10k rpm Raptors. >> I have been told by some that the 10k rpm Raptors perform quite well, but >> i >> would like the opinions of you guys to help me decide on the upgrade path. >> I would hate to put all this time into setting everything up, only to have >> the hard drives cause me issues down the track. >> >> Many Thanks >> >> Roy Jonas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature >> database 4035 (20090425) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature >> database 4035 (20090425) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
