How do you plan to configure the drives for storage of the databases? What kind of databases will these be? Will the database servers also be virtualized?
I ask this because RAID5 *might* not be what you want to do for heavily used databases. *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Pierre Camilleri < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Andrew > > You're right. Here are the hardware specs: > > Dell R510 Server: > 2 Quad-Core Processor > 64 GB RAM > SAS HDD 450GB (15K) X 4 (RAID 5) > Dual Gigabit NICs > > Dell PV MD3200i iSCSI SAN: > SAS HDD 600GB (15K) X 5 (RAID 5) > Dual RAID Controllers > Dual Controller Connectors > > The OS for the Virtual Servers will Windows 2008 Server R2 > > Thanks > Pierre > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
