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
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Gabriel Wicke