[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Dale Fraser
Also interested in what Raid level people prefer. Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com http://dalefraser.blogspot.com From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Fraser Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 11:42 AM To:

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Andrew Scott
AM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation Also interested in what Raid level people prefer. Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Fraser Sent

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Scott Thornton
Database severs benefit from having heaps and heaps of RAM, so I'd recommend spec-ing the server to allow 32 gig of ram with MS SQL 2005 64bit (Windows 2003 64bit too). Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/08/2007 11:42 am I'm looking at new production servers, and wanted some opinion on 1.

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Joel
Hi Dale, You looking for Rack Mount servers for the Data Centre or tower servers for the Office ? You are better of going with Xeon (Quad Core), hopefully when the new Opterons's come out early next year it might catch up to the Xeon's Xeon Quad Core E3210 2GB RAM for the Web (How

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Andrew Scott
, 8 August 2007 12:42 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation Hi Dale, You looking for Rack Mount servers for the Data Centre or tower servers for the Office ? You are better of going with Xeon (Quad Core), hopefully when the new Opterons's come

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Andrew Scott
Spoke to our IT guys here, Dale if you can afford it Raid 10 is a great option, otherwise Raid 5 Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

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2007-08-07 Thread Haikal Saadh
. www.aegeon.com.au http://www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Joel *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:42 PM *To:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation Hi Dale

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2007-08-07 Thread Joel
_ From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Scott Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:50 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation Joel, Not heard of Raid 10 as of yet, is that similar to 5 in some way? Andrew

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread phaddon
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:49:45PM +1000, Andrew Scott wrote: Joel, Not heard of Raid 10 as of yet, is that similar to 5 in some way? For info on RAID 5 vs RAID 10, check out http://www.baarf.com/ 'specially Art Kagel's article. Art's the DB admin at Bloomberg, so he's got some experience

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Kym Kovan
Hi Dale, you wrote: I'm looking at new production servers, and wanted some opinion on 1. Processor AMD vs Xeon, types of Xeon, ie Quad core, single, multiple CPU options. 2. How much memory (separate App DB servers) Also be interested in thoughts on anything else I should be

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Andrew Scott
But what about downtime? Raid 5 and Raid 10 provide extremely low downtime, and if they drives are hot swappable then there is no downtime at all. Backups are different altogether... Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile:

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Dale Fraser
: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 12:56 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation Spoke to our IT guys here, Dale if you can afford it Raid 10 is a great option, otherwise Raid 5 Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone

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2007-08-07 Thread Steve Onnis
Dale Maybe this will help http://www.acnc.com/raid.html Steve _ From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Fraser Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 2:31 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation I think 10

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2007-08-07 Thread Andrew Scott
998 273 From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Fraser Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 2:31 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation I think 10 is just 1 0 which is mirror and stripe, did your tech guys say why

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Kym Kovan
Andrew Scott wrote: But what about downtime? Raid 5 and Raid 10 provide extremely low downtime, and if they drives are hot swappable then there is no downtime at all. It depends on how and what you measure. RAID 1 also gives no downtime of hot-swappable (we consider that to be

[cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation

2007-08-07 Thread Andrew Scott
Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 2:59 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Server Recommendation Ah, Thanks, raid 10 is different to raid 1+0 go figure. I'll go with raid 10 then. Regards Dale Fraser http://dalefraser.blogspot.com -Original Message- From