please write you dream server

the server that you want one day

I would love a cobalt RAQ2 with 16MB RAM.

:)

hehehhe,

I think Sun Enterprise 10000.....

64-way......

286
4mb Ram
640mb Hd.

TRS 80 Model III, with 64k -- no pesky backups to worry about! I could host 12 5k sites on that puppy and and still have 4k left over for server stuff!! If the sites wanted to grow, I would just have to go out and buy a couple of Maxell Tapes and a tape recorded :D.

My dream server would be one that automatically added new processors/RAM as needed. Never needed to be backed up because it would hold deleted items for 24 hours until the customer was sure they wanted them deleted. If the hard drive started to fail the server would RMA it, when the new drive came it would install it and copy the data over. If a fan failed, it would order a new one from Home Depot. Finally, it would use any extra CPU time to spider out to other web servers and move their sites over to us and automatically bill the owner's credit cards.

And it should cost less than $1200.

Originally posted by uuallan
TRS 80 Model III, with 64k -- no pesky backups to worry about! I could host 12 5k sites on that puppy and and still have 4k left over for server stuff!! If the sites wanted to grow, I would just have to go out and buy a couple of Maxell Tapes and a tape recorded :D.


Nah, Go for the newer Model IVP. That way you could close it up and take it with you when you had to go somewhere.

(sigh, the memories)

I'm going to be making a database driven community site later this year. Once it gets popular, I think it'll need its own server. I'm contemplating the following specs:

Dual AMD Duron 850MHz (when the dual AMD motherboards come out): $122, plus ~$200(?) motherboard
512 MB Registered PC133 ECC RAM ($184)
Two 20.5GB 7200rpm EIDE disks ($182) running RAID 1
Another identical disk for booting from and backups ($91)

I might go for 1 GB RAM if prices drop enough later on or I need the extra power.

It would cost around $1000, and I could have it colocated for $245 a month at superb.net (hardware failure support, 50 GB transfer). For powerful servers like these, colocation is more economical; getting a dual processor dedicated server tends to cost 2-3 times that.

raq5:))

when did 512mb ram become just $184??
And how can you get two durons for $122? For a database driven site, you really need a lot of ram and nearly nil processor, so take that into account also.

hey guy

just open another thread and ask questions in there this thread is reserved for dream servers:)

> when did 512mb ram become just $184??

Pricewatch.com Link (http://queen.pricewatch.com/search/search.idq?ne=28047&l=28001&qc=%22SYSTEM%22*+AND+%22MEMORY%22*+AND+%22PC133%22*+AND+%22256MB%22*+AND+%22REGISTERED%22*&CiCodePage=Windows-1252&cr=system+memory+pc133+256mb+registered)

For $92, I can get PC133 256 MB registered. Put two of them together and I have 512 MB.

> And how can you get two durons for $122?

http://www.pricewatch.com/1/3/2740-1.htm

Oops, I meant $154.

> For a database driven site, you really need a lot of ram and
> nearly nil processor, so take that into account also.

Thanks for the advice. I don't know how popular that site is going to get yet, so I'm going to see how it goes, run some benchmarks later on, etc.

[Edited by pmak0 on 03-13-2001 at 05:40 PM]

jw,

What do you mean nil processor for mainly a database site?

Is mySQL cpu intensive? or more of a ram issue?

Thanks

Dream server, eh?

quad xeon 500mhz with 2mb cache
4 gigs of ram
dual gigabit nic
4 36gb scsi raid
freebsd OS

now that would be a powerhouse! ;)

Where would you connect the gigabit ethernet though? :) If you're using so much bandwidth that you need more than 100 Mbps, that's going to be a huge bandwidth bill at the end of the month...

Originally posted by pmak0
Where would you connect the gigabit ethernet though? :) If you're using so much bandwidth that you need more than 100 Mbps, that's going to be a huge bandwidth bill at the end of the month...

thats dual gigabit nics not just one :) well he didn't say anything about costs so... i'd just be great to have two gigabit nics taped into two different backbones directly. never hear another person bitch about their websites loading slow then ;)

It would be a dual P4 1.5Ghz with 2Gb Ram with 4 RAID 18Gb SCSI drive...and a dedicated OC3 line connected to it with the latest CISCO switches...WOW..

don't like p4s :P

i'd go for

a Quad Xeon 700mhz with 2MB cache, with max ram - 4GB or 8GB ? and 5 x 36GB 10k scsi drives - goes off in lala land :D


http://www.geek.com/procspec/intel/pentium3server.htm

I want a server from http://www.cobaltracks.com

are you fool:))

Originally posted by lith
I want a server from http://www.cobaltracks.com


Only if it is the one of the alleged RaQ3s-labelled-as-RaQ4's :).

LATEST NEWS

FLASH NEWS

Based on the news of CNN cobaltracks create new software for servers called cobalt raqs 5

cobaltracks cobalt raq minumum requirements

32mb ram(or put 16 and say 32)
raq2(to clean and install raq5)
10gb harddisk(5gb will be better)

:))

<DREAM>
Anything that runs MS Datacenter Server and has the 64 or so CPU's that it can handle and maybe 50 gigs of memory or so... Im not a greedy person so I could settle for a couple thousand gigs of transfer a month.

Oh yeah, and free bandwidth (Heck, everybody can offer it 'unlimited' so there has to be a free source right?) :)
</DREAM>

LOL...just to let you all i know i was joking about cobaltracks

I'm suprised nobody has mentioned Beowulf clustering with all these multiple processor configurations :).

Imagine multiple 8088's running at 4.77mhz, clock these pups up to 9.44mhz with quad peltiers :).

On a more serious note, look here (http://aggregate.org/KLAT2/). This was built a while ago, so nowadays I'd probably change them to dual Duron 850's and clock them all to 1Ghz. 2Ghz per box, 64 boxes, that makes 128Ghz! Oh yeeeeeeaaaaaaahhh!

I'd still go for the multiple 8088's. Intel always did have a stronger FPU than those AMD thingies :). You seen the benchmarks? ;)

Rich
(Yes I do know the 8088 didn't have an FPU :))

I used to work at a place last year where they had a Cray T3e with over a hundred PE trays in :) Had a few TB of RAM too. Nice.

It's so big it has door handles!

Don't think it'll run a webserver tho :(

[Edited by Drinky on 03-21-2001 at 11:12 PM]

yes beowulf clustering...come to me

Had some beowulf cluertering people come to do a demo. Nice system with lots of power, good for a web farm i'd assume.

The supercomputing services guys picked quite a few holes in it with regards to supercomputing stuff tho... but this was nearly a year ago, so i suspect it's a bit better now.

I'm not bothered about holes in it...just so long as it'll churn out lots of RC5 blocks I really don't care.

I wouldn't care for the electricity bill either :).

Rich

It's the machine I am finishing building to send to VDI

Dual PIII 1 Gig
Supermicro 370DL3 Mobo with ServerWorks ServerSet™ III LE Chipset
2 Gig Of RAM (4x 512Mb registered ECC DIMMs memory )
2 x Segate 50 Gig SCA SICI HD's (LVD Hotswappable)
Intel® 82559 Ethernet controller

All that packed in this cute little 1U
http://www.rackmountpro.com/prodimages//AC/1N-SYS.JPG

The Works :)

Wow CRego3D... how much did all that cost?

Carlos, you make me sick... :)

me too:)

Originally posted by pmak0
Wow CRego3D... how much did all that cost?
Actually, not as bad as it sounds, less than 5K

Originally posted by CRego3D
Originally posted by pmak0
Wow CRego3D... how much did all that cost?
Actually, not as bad as it sounds, less than 5K


Dear God Carlos, you are an addict.... you need to join SA, the web hosts chapter of AA...:scatter:

You'd better let me have this new box, it'll only make you worse if you keep it.... :angel:


Hah!

Addict .. thanks for beeing so kind :)

Yes .. I have a problem (saw the one I got at home ? http://www.3dwizards.com/computer ) ...

Anyway, Webdude was telling me the other day Intel came up with a 1U PIV ... I'm looking into that one as well, maybe i'll get one to test it's speed and reliability .. my only problem is .. no Dual MOBO's for the PIV .. and god know I'm a sucker for duals ;)

Hey...I wasn't being 'unkind'.. :)


addict n. 1 person addicted, esp. to a drug. 2 colloq. devotee (film addict). [Latin: related to *ad-, dico say]


From the Concise Oxford... just that your drug is Dual CPU's... heh heh heh. I think maybe you fall more into the 'devotee' category... how's that???

Can't you smell envy when you read it.... :bawling: I want one...

Carlos, so do you want my postal details now or latter? I'll pay the postage, you just bung it in the mail please :D

Tell me as soon as possible so you can get MY server to me ;)

he's generous buying me a server.

(:stickout j/k :stickout)

Originally posted by CRego3D
Dual PIII 1 Gig
Supermicro 370DL3 Mobo with ServerWorks ServerSet™ III LE Chipset
2 Gig Of RAM (4x 512Mb registered ECC DIMMs memory )
2 x Segate 50 Gig SCA SICI HD's (LVD Hotswappable)
Intel® 82559 Ethernet controller


LOL... a couple months ago I was bashing the Raq4 and I gave an example of a machine which cost exactly as much as it. This was the exact example I used, right down to the hard drives.

http://store.sun.com/webconfig/BuildConfig.jhtml;$sessionid$PUASSOYAABG5NAMTA1ESQCT5AAAACJ1K

Now, if I could only get the $1.3 million bucks together :)

Originally posted by tabernack
http://store.sun.com/webconfig/BuildConfig.jhtml;$sessionid$PUASSOYAABG5NAMTA1ESQCT5AAAACJ1K

Now, if I could only get the $1.3 million bucks together :)

Tab,

I'll go halfsies with you if you want :D!

We'd have to go in on it with about 300 people to be able to afford it :D

Well, according to the home page of this forum there are currently: 2397 members. If we each contributed $542.35 we could purchase one of these colo it, and have the fastest bulletin board server on the web :).

Of course we might have trouble convincing some members to contrbiute..I guess that's where http://www.webmafiaforums.com comes in :)

when we convert it to turkish lira (turkish money)

it is 1 trillion(in another word one 1000 billion tl)
:)

Originally posted by Inspa.net
I'm suprised nobody has mentioned Beowulf clustering with all these multiple processor configurations :).


is there any .iso version of "scyld beowulf" available ? somewhere ?) :D

RaQ60 :D

The ideal thing would be Beowulf clusters with
Gigabit Lan with the latest Gigabit routers from Cisco/Juniper and everything put together in a fully automated, supercooled datacenter where everything will run at peak speed.

The datacenter will of course be an Internet backbone center too, directly connected to the Net.


:cool:


Matra

C64 with tape drive!

Press play on tape for forum ;-)

Originally posted by onlyreal
please write you dream server

the server that you want one day


just about anything enough not to make this dream a nightmare.. (example of my nightmare.. 286mhz 2mb ram.. colo leased at 28.8k..)

Quad Xeon III 933 Mhz, 2 mb cache.

Each with 4 GB of Ram.

8 172 GB SCSI 15,000 RPM drives on RAID.

100 of these all clustered together (4 directors and 96 slaves) and doing a round robin with 300 other identical servers.

All these servers on multiple OC48's from several top backbones.

10 handpicked security guards with machine guns to guard the servers.

Heh, I'll take a fully loaded S/390. 20 processors, 24GByte/s of backplane bandwidth, unlimited Linux images inside, mean time between failures of 60 years... yum.

I'll take that over the Sun box any day. Less power, more throughput -- which is more important in your average server anyway -- and far more reliable. These things are what _everyone_ (including Sun) uses to manage their financial and inventory stuff ;) And since it now runs Linux...

But, as far as the 'normal' servers go, I'll take any of the IBM xSeries :) All of them rock, though some are better than others :)

Intel Pentium III 866Mhz
512 ECC RAMs
18GB SCSI HDD
with CPanel & WHM loaded


:beer:

Sinclair 1000 2 Kbytes Memory expansion to 16 Kbytes, with 300 baudios modem.