Hi Ira!
On Wednesday 25 April 2007, Ira Abramov wrote:
> Quoting Shlomi Fish, from the post of Sat, 21 Apr:
> > Here's what we need:
> >
> > 1. The board and the processor should have a maximum memory of at least
> > 64 GB. I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure 4 GB will not be enough for long,
> > and would rather think ahead.
>
> I think you are living in a vacuum. Machines that support 64GB of ram
> also come with 8 or 16 slots of CPUs and a price tag of $50-100K and up and
> are used for enterprise heavy duty computations. there are less than 200
> such machines in Israel...
>
> what you need is a good web server and DB. you could use 4GB but even 2
> will do. Xeon is nice but a Core 2 Duo will do more than you need.
OK, maybe I over-exaggerated a bit. However:
1. Aren't there single-process machines with a maximum 8 GB or 16 GB?
2. Re 64-bit architecures (not necessarly x86-64) - don't they have single or
dual-CPU machines whose memory can scale to a bit more than 4 GB?
>
> If you send such a request to potential sponsors you will be laughed at.
> HARD.
OK, I will ammend it.
>
> > 5. Hard disk - I think we need at least 500 GB, in several disks. One
> > small disk (about 40 GB will do I believe - possibly more) for the root
> > partitions, and 500 GB for storage. Possibly even more than 500 GB,
> > because our mirrors are accumulating more and more data.
>
> I suggest you aim for one of the nice storage-oriented machines out
> there. you have slots for 12 SATA disks, it can easely take 2.5GB in
> sane-priced disks, and they can be bought over time.
"2.5GB" - you probably meant "2.5 TB". Anyway, I'm not too concerned on what
the machine itself will be as long as it can run Debian Etch and meets the
bottom specifications.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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