On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 02:00:25 +0200 Jens Frank JeLuF@gmx.de wrote:
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 10:31:02PM -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!).
RAID 10? That's what geoffrin had, and it was sweet. But RAID 5 would give more disk space, right?
We have two needs from what I see:
- Fast database disks and
- large disks to store log files, dumps, etc
Large disks to store dump are needed on nfs server, zwinger. Not on db server. Dump are put on another server (maybe cause safety?)