Re: [GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat

2003-12-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
I doubt there is a general rule as to which is better, it will depend upon the individual circumstances (including budget). It is my experience that 0+1 is a bit faster that RAID 5. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake Were you told why that was the wrong choice? -- Mike Nolan

Re: [GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat

2003-12-24 Thread Mike Nolan
> > Use RAID 5 or 0+1... > I have had the Mirroring vs RAID 5 debate before. > You would go with RAID 5 to obtain the fault tolerance. > > That was my first choice but I was told I was wrong. I doubt there is a general rule as to which is better, it will depend upon the individual circumstances (

Re: [GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat

2003-12-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
kbd wrote: Use RAID 5 or 0+1... I have had the Mirroring vs RAID 5 debate before. You would go with RAID 5 to obtain the fault tolerance. That was my first choice but I was told I was wrong. 0+1 is RAID + STRIPE, it is (theoretically) faster than RAID 5 but requires 4 disks where RAID 5 o

Re: [GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat

2003-12-24 Thread kbd
> Use RAID 5 or 0+1... I have had the Mirroring vs RAID 5 debate before. You would go with RAID 5 to obtain the fault tolerance. That was my first choice but I was told I was wrong. kd [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Joshua D. Drake") wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > > > > >I am co

Re: [GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat (fwd)

2003-12-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
The last time I built an RH system, one with 1GB, I had to recompile the kernel and change the 'High Memory Support' setting to get it to use the full 1GB. That was under RH 8, though. Even on redhat 8, all you have to do is install the bigmem kernel... which does ship with RH8. -

Re: [GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat (fwd)

2003-12-22 Thread Mike Nolan
> >Does this config cover the above requirements very well. > >Does anybody know if RedHat 9 or Fedora can address 2 Gig > >of RAM out of the box? > > > Yes they can. The last time I built an RH system, one with 1GB, I had to recompile the kernel and change the 'High Memory Support' setting to ge

Re: [GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat

2003-12-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
I am considering a generic box with a single 2 - 2.6 Gig processor. 2 Gig of RAM and mirrored 200 Gig drives. Use RAID 5 or 0+1... Does this config cover the above requirements very well. Does anybody know if RedHat 9 or Fedora can address 2 Gig of RAM out of the box? Yes they can.

[GENERAL] hardware requirements under Redhat

2003-12-22 Thread kbd
Hello: I know that hardware requirements are dependent upon many factors. However I need a sanity check on this configuration. First the purpose of the database. - database will be used to support a risk analysis group in a small financial firm. - there will be daily "bulk" loads to the