Hi, Please see my replies inline below, thanks a lot for the feedback.
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Imran M Yousuf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> * 1 NN+MN RAID 1 with 400GB 15k SAS HDD, 12GB ECC RAM, 1 X X3440/E5560 >> (4C/8T) >> > > I don't think that the SAS drives will help you here. > Hmm, so will go with 7.2k RPM disks. > >> * ZK - 500GB 7.2k RPM, 4GB ECC RAM, 1 X X3440/E5560 (4C/8T) >> > * ZK + Gangrila + Nagios - 500GB 7.2k RPM, 8GB ECC RAM, 1 X X3440/E5560 >> (4C/8T) >> > > You should have two drives on each of these machines and the might as well > match the other drives. > > Why only two ZK machines? Normally it is recommended to have 3 or 5. The > ZK load here should be very light so you might rather collocate ZK with > other services a bit more. I am tending to think to have one machince ZK+Gangrila+Nagios and other 2 collocated with 2 of the RSs' as JG suggests. > > Is there any reason not to use 2T drives all round? > I was not sure whether 2T all around would be a good idea since I was using only single 4C/8T processors. What do you think - single processor for 2T would be ok? > My own tendency would be to put 12GB all round so that all machines are > interchangeable. > Good suggestion, never thought of it that way. Thanks, -- Imran M Yousuf Twitter: @imyousuf - http://twitter.com/imyousuf Blog: http://imyousuf-tech.blogs.smartitengineering.com/ Mobile: +880-1711402557
