Due to the high volume of I/O for spool and mailboxes I would go with RAID 0/1 instead of 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Kingsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:22 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] ideal config > We're looking for the ideal iMail server hardware configuration. > > My thoughts: > > Dual Processor Intel Xeon, 2.8GHz w/512K Cache > 512MB DDR,200MHZ,2X256MB DIMMS > 5 Bay (2+3) Hot Plug SCSI Hard Drive Split Backplane > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > (these two configured RAID1; C:4GB for OS; E:14GB for logging) > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > 18GB, 15K RPM, 1" Ultra3 (Ultra 160) SCSI Hot Plug Hard Drive > (these three configured RAID5; D:36GB for the spool and mailboxes) > Hardware RAID with 128MB Battery Backed Cache, 2 Internal Channels > Dual Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Server Adapters > > Is that the best? Or if not, what is ideal? > > Thanks! > > bk > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
