On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:28:22 -0500, Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> wrote: > >>>>> "a" == alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > a> We are currently looking at Dell / HP > a> but the questions is > > a> - how many processors (2 or 4) > a> - do we gain with 4 cpus if we probably never have a few users connected > a> - what processors are recommended Opteron / Xeon / Itanium > a> - how much memory ? 2GB ? 4GB ? > a> - Disks, i guess we go with Raid5, 15k SCSI > a> - what OS ? Suse / RHE3 / Fedora / > a> - Disk controller ? > > Run, do not walk, from your Dell solution. I've never been able to > get "expected" performance from those boxes. They seem to do > something to the RAID controllers to make them not work as fast as one > would expect the equivalent name-brand part (eg, LSI RAID card or > Adaptec RAID card) and similar disk drives.
Hate to burst your bubble, but the RAID controller that Dell ships is an Adaptec OEM. Dell just rebrands them. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
