I encountered that issue in DL360 on standard CD install of RHEL4.0 32bit. Before it could only see 1 CPU and less than 4GB of RAM, the box has 8GB installed. Kernel upgrade fixed the issue, it can now see 4CPUs and 8 GB RAM.
On Feb 7, 2008 3:03 PM, andrelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Looks okay... I'm Assuming here that you will be using the desktop components. > > 1. Since 4Gb of memory, go for centOS 64bit. 64bit will see all memory. > > If 32bit, you will only see 3 +/- Gb of memory at most, and you have > to use highmem or PAE kludge/workaround just to see 4Gb. FYI, all > 32bit OS on the X86 are affected by this, not only Linux. And besides, > 32bit apps will still work anyway. > > 2. Asus mobo. As much as possible: > * Go for 4 memory slots. Possibility of adding memory in the future. > 6 or more slots mobos are more expensive though. > * Go for 6 SATA ports. Future expansion of HDD in the future. > * Go for mobos with onboard video. You will not use it, but gives > you flexibility of connecting a monitor if needed. > * All of these are only a few pesos more. > > 3. Power Supply. If you can, go for 600watts, the better. 480watts are > okay, but adding HDD in the future would not be a problem. > > 4. You have not mentioned the casing. It's important. If it's a > desktop casing, go for casings which can accommodate 4 or more HDD. > One example case that i like, is the Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case. > Though for gamers, i love that it has 6 HDD and fans blowing on the > HDD. The temperature of the HDD dropped from 39C to 32C just because > of this. There are a lot of oversize fans everywhere on this baby. > > 5. If you are comfortable with SW RAID 1 on Linux, then go for it. I > still don't trust consumer built-in HW RAID. SW raid taking up > cpu/memory is a thing of the past when you are dealing with Pentium > 200Mhz few years ago. With a Core 2 Dualies @ 2.2Ghz, SW raid resource > is negligible to the system. > > -- > regards, > Andre | http://www.varon.ca > > 2008/2/6 Froilan Romualdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Meron akong i-se-setup na mail server. > > - CentOS 5.0 > > - RAID1 - (CentOS software RAID) > > - Postfix (MTA) - SMTP server > > - Dovecot (mailbox server) - POP3 server > > > > > > Ang hardware specifications nito ay: > > - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz > > - Asus mobo > > - 2 X 2 Gb = 4 Gb total main memory > > - 2 X 250 Gb hardisk (2nd hard disk is for stripping) > > - 480 Watts power supply (dual fan) > > > > Questions: > > 1. Ok lang ba ang Software RAID ng CentOS 5.0? Nabasa ko kasi ay mas maganda > > ay hardware raid. > > Affected daw kasi ang memory at processor speed sa pag process ng software > > RAID. > > > > 2. Ok naba ang setup ng hardware ko? > > > > 3. Mag-se-sent ng 100K emails a day. Ok ba ang setup (plan) ko? > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sometimes truth is stranger than fiction -bad religion- http://www.bloglines.com/blog/mailist ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't think the computers will take over the world. I have a bucket of water. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
