Question picking two options
What would you folks do? These are for Both Multistes and for a real time DB Tracking app (click tracker/revenue tracker)
I need SSD for DB
I am unsure what I need for file storage
I run
FastCGI
MySQL
intending on doing nginx when i can; but for now cpanel. Maybe cpanel + varnish plugin
Currently only 40 gb on my install. Majority of traffic is Northern half of north america
Option 1)
Location in Tampa - ping is 80ms
xeon 3gz;
500gb ssd
1tb backup sata
12mb ram
Option2)
Location MI
xeon 3hz
raid 1 - 1tb sata
MySQL on 120gb SSD
1tb backup sata
8gb ram.
30 ms ping
(yeah they host this site)
So it seems i move to MI - im more local; but i am still on a sata for file serving. I cache, so theres a lot of files made / updates / etc
Faster connect to my nameservers (hosted on this box) etc.
Or - i go to tampa, all 100% is on ssd. Seems that network is not without growing pains. (hiv)
What would you folks do? Assuming prices same.