On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 22:31:02 -0700, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Going under the assumption that we will be buying a new db server to replace geoffrin, please everyone take a look at: http://www.siliconmechanics.com/
and help me decide on a suitable configuration. Assume a budget of $9,000-$10,000, but don't hesitate to go under (of course!) or over (if for a good reason!).
There have been several requests (from more than one person, or just from one person) for 15k spindle drives. Is that a universal consensus? I find it hard to imagine that faster drives is really pertinent, because just about any problem that can be solved with faster drives can be solved better with more ram?
I would clearly favour ram, maxing out the disk i/o isn't fast, even with the best hd available- plus it should wear the hd's down in time. An idea (didn't really look into the scsi/disk requirements):
name and description price subtotal SM-2280S CPU: Dual AMD Opteron 240 - 1.4 GHz - 1MB L2 Cache Memory: 8GB (8 x 1GB) PC2700 Registered ECC HDD 1: Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 146GB U320 10KRPM SCA SCSI HDD 2: Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 146GB U320 10KRPM SCA SCSI HDD 3: Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 146GB U320 10KRPM SCA SCSI HDD 4: Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 146GB U320 10KRPM SCA SCSI HDD 5: Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 146GB U320 10KRPM SCA SCSI HDD 6: Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 146GB U320 10KRPM SCA SCSI SCSI Controller: LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-2 - 2 Channel U320 RAID 64MB CACHE w/BBU Low Profile CD-ROM: Slimline 24X CD-ROM Floppy: 1.44MB Floppy Power Supply: 460W Standard Rail Kit: 2U 3 Piece Sliding Rail Kit 24"-31" WARRANTY: Standard 3 Year - Return to Depot $10644.00 $10644.00