* This is the modus mailing list * With 5000 accounts and if this server houses both the POP/SMTP mail server and the webmail server and SQL server. I would for sure go with SCSI. We are running about 4000 accounts and it was on IDE drives and that was too slow.
Tom Brad Johnson wrote: > * This is the modus mailing list * > > I just bought two new Dual Xeon Servers with SATA-150 RAID, specifically > passing on SCSI. > > Whatever arguments that can be made (right or wrong) about needing SCSI for > some applications won't even apply to you until you triple (at least) the > number of accounts you serve. > > Brad Johnson > Systems Administrator > Local Link Network Operations > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ernest W. Lessenger > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 4:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Modus] Server Spec recommendations > > * This is the modus mailing list * > > I'm looking to upgrade one of my mail servers' hardware at the same time > that I upgrade the software. This server hosts maybe 50 domains and 5000 > accounts, with about 130,000 messages in our 5-day quarantine. Most of > these accounts are Extended Database. > > My question is, should I hold out for a SCSI Raid system, or can I make do > with SATA Raid (Intel controller, probably) at half the price? > > Thanks, > --Ernest > > ** > To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line. > > ** > To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line. -- Tom Utley UData Corporation (419) 294-4141 Upper Sandusky's Premier Internet Service Provider Offering v90/56k, Dedicated and Wireless connectivity Wyandot County's only T3(45megabit) Circuit ** To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line.
