Re: Xserve Recommendations
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texte = Alain has some vaild points. And you could save yourself $1000 or more if you go with a Linux solution on a platform other than the XServer (Dell, HP/Comp, IBM, custom built) My 2cents. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alain Russell"
To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 2:30 PM Subject: Re: Xserve Recommendations > My recommendation would be to buy a dual 2GHz G5 - that way you can run > OSX Client - OSX Server is OVERKILL for a web-serving environment IMO > .. > > Get a hardware raid card, 3 x 36GB Hard Drives and Raid 5 them to give > you 72GB .. > Add 1-2Gb Ram > Go for dual processor - it will scale better > > Thats what I would do - the money is less and the performance will be > heaps better .. > Alain > > > > > On Tuesday, 12 August 2003, at 9:23 AM, Clint Davis wrote: > > > We want to get an Xserve, and put as much on it as we can in order to > > reduce > > the number of colocated servers. If I can put the contents of all 4 > > servers > > listed below on to a single Xserve, that would be great, but I'm not > > sure > > about how to best configure the Xserve for our situation. How would you > > answer the 5 questions below and why? > > > > Current hosting situation: > > 2 - G4/450 | 20GB SCSI HD | 768MB RAM | WS 4.5 > > 1 - G4/450 | 20GB SCSI HD | 768MB RAM | WS 5.3 | MySQL 3.23.55 > > 1 - G3/400 | 9GB SCCI HD | 256MB RAM | Apache 2.0.47 | PHP 4.3.2 | > > MySQL > > 3.23.55 > > > > Bandwidth consumption was approximately 200GB across all 4 servers for > > around 80 websites, 4 SSL's, and 20 FTP accounts. We're using WebDNA, a > > RAM-resident database, heavily on several sites. > > > > 1. Should we go single processor or dual Xserve? > > 2. Do we need more than 768MB RAM? > > 3. Could we use a single 60GB drive, or do we need another drive for a > > RAID? > > 4. If we go with a RAID, should we use 0 or 1? > > 5. Will this handle all websites we currently host? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Clint Davis > > Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist > > Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com > > 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > -- > Alain Russell > Blackpepper Interactive Ltd > p. 09 520 6280 | m. 021 446 169 > http://www.blackpepper.co.nz > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Alain has some vaild points. And you could save yourself $1000 or more if you go with a Linux solution on a platform other than the XServer (Dell, HP/Comp, IBM, custom built) My 2cents. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alain Russell" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 2:30 PM Subject: Re: Xserve Recommendations > My recommendation would be to buy a dual 2GHz G5 - that way you can run > OSX Client - OSX Server is OVERKILL for a web-serving environment IMO > .. > > Get a hardware raid card, 3 x 36GB Hard Drives and Raid 5 them to give > you 72GB .. > Add 1-2Gb Ram > Go for dual processor - it will scale better > > Thats what I would do - the money is less and the performance will be > heaps better .. > Alain > > > > > On Tuesday, 12 August 2003, at 9:23 AM, Clint Davis wrote: > > > We want to get an Xserve, and put as much on it as we can in order to > > reduce > > the number of colocated servers. If I can put the contents of all 4 > > servers > > listed below on to a single Xserve, that would be great, but I'm not > > sure > > about how to best configure the Xserve for our situation. How would you > > answer the 5 questions below and why? > > > > Current hosting situation: > > 2 - G4/450 | 20GB SCSI HD | 768MB RAM | WS 4.5 > > 1 - G4/450 | 20GB SCSI HD | 768MB RAM | WS 5.3 | MySQL 3.23.55 > > 1 - G3/400 | 9GB SCCI HD | 256MB RAM | Apache 2.0.47 | PHP 4.3.2 | > > MySQL > > 3.23.55 > > > > Bandwidth consumption was approximately 200GB across all 4 servers for > > around 80 websites, 4 SSL's, and 20 FTP accounts. We're using WebDNA, a > > RAM-resident database, heavily on several sites. > > > > 1. Should we go single processor or dual Xserve? > > 2. Do we need more than 768MB RAM? > > 3. Could we use a single 60GB drive, or do we need another drive for a > > RAID? > > 4. If we go with a RAID, should we use 0 or 1? > > 5. Will this handle all websites we currently host? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Clint Davis > > Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist > > Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com > > 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > -- > Alain Russell > Blackpepper Interactive Ltd > p. 09 520 6280 | m. 021 446 169 > http://www.blackpepper.co.nz > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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