Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-22 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Oliver Charles wrote: > Hello, > > At MusicBrainz we're looking to get a new database server, and are > hoping to buy this in the next couple of days. I'm mostly a software > guy, but I'm posting this on behalf of Rob, who's actually going to be > buying the hardwa

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-18 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Arjen van der Meijden > wrote: >> On 18-3-2011 10:11, Scott Marlowe wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Arjen van der Meijden >>>  wrote: On 18-3-2011 4:02 Scott Marlowe wrote: We

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-18 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Arjen van der Meijden wrote: > On 18-3-2011 10:11, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Arjen van der Meijden >>  wrote: >>> >>> On 18-3-2011 4:02 Scott Marlowe wrote: >>> We have several 1U boxes (mostly Dell and Sun) running and had severa

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-18 Thread Claudio Freire
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Jesper Krogh wrote: > * Dependent on your workload of-course, you're typically not >  bottlenecked by the amount of cpu-cores, so strive for fewer >  faster cores. Depending on your workload again, but faster memory is even more important than faster math. So go

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-18 Thread Arjen van der Meijden
On 18-3-2011 10:11, Scott Marlowe wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Arjen van der Meijden wrote: On 18-3-2011 4:02 Scott Marlowe wrote: We have several 1U boxes (mostly Dell and Sun) running and had several in the past. And we've never had any heating problems with them. That includes ma

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-18 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Arjen van der Meijden wrote: > On 18-3-2011 4:02 Scott Marlowe wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Oliver Charles >>  wrote: >> >> Another point.  My experience with 1U chassis and cooling is that they >> don't move enough air across their cards to make

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-18 Thread Arjen van der Meijden
On 18-3-2011 4:02 Scott Marlowe wrote: On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Oliver Charles wrote: Another point. My experience with 1U chassis and cooling is that they don't move enough air across their cards to make sure they stay cool. You'd be better off ordering a 2U chassis with 8 3.5" drive

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-17 Thread Jesper Krogh
On 2011-03-18 01:51, Oliver Charles wrote: Hello, At MusicBrainz we're looking to get a new database server, and are hoping to buy this in the next couple of days. I'm mostly a software guy, but I'm posting this on behalf of Rob, who's actually going to be buying the hardware. Here's a quote of

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-17 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Oliver Charles wrote: > Hello, > > At MusicBrainz we're looking to get a new database server, and are > hoping to buy this in the next couple of days. I'm mostly a software > guy, but I'm posting this on behalf of Rob, who's actually going to be > buying the hardwa

Re: [PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-17 Thread Steve Atkins
On Mar 17, 2011, at 5:51 PM, Oliver Charles wrote: > Hello, > > At MusicBrainz we're looking to get a new database server, and are > hoping to buy this in the next couple of days. I'm mostly a software > guy, but I'm posting this on behalf of Rob, who's actually going to be > buying the hardware

[PERFORM] Request for feedback on hardware for a new database server

2011-03-17 Thread Oliver Charles
Hello, At MusicBrainz we're looking to get a new database server, and are hoping to buy this in the next couple of days. I'm mostly a software guy, but I'm posting this on behalf of Rob, who's actually going to be buying the hardware. Here's a quote of what we're looking to get: I'm working t