We use 4 single processor machines 2.8ghz P4 HT and we are doing 150k per day now without breaking a sweat. We also have two additional backend servers for running spamd. Total 6. I know you said two but if you need to loose just one then your load might be affected. We can bring down half of the nodes for maintenance without any customer impact at all.
Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:29 AM > To: spam > Subject: New Hardware > > Hey list, > I am in the quite sureal situation of being given a blank cheque by > my > boss to buy 2 new servers for SA. They were so impressed with the > upgrade to v3 + SURIBLS et al that when i said that our current setup > was hitting load max they found some cash for me... :D > > We are in a university environment with over 100,000 mails daily. > > What Im currently looking at is either 2 Sun v150s or 2 dual-opterons > probably with a gig each, and the standard 80+gigs. > Which one will be better suited to SA? I know SA is more cpu/ram than > disk IO so im leaning more toward the AMD approach. The reason there are > 2 machines of each is because im gonna implement fail over using > heartbeat. Does it make a difference the Solaris / Linux route? Will SA > benefit from the dual processor option? Any other factors I should > consider? > > many thanks as always > > ronan > -- > Regards > > Ronan McGlue > ============== > Analyst/Programmer > Information Services > Queens University Belfast > BT7 1NN
