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    Arrow Please rate my dedicated server specs

    Processor: Dual Xeon 2.8GHZ Hyperthreaded
    Memory: 4GB DDR Registered/ECC
    Hd1: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache
    Hd2: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache
    RemoteBackup: No Remote Backup Needed
    OS: Linux - CentOS 5 (+64 Bit)
    ControlPanel: CPanel / Web Host Manager (+ServerSecure)(+Fantastico/XController)
    Bandwidth: 4000GB Monthly Transfer (2000 in + 2000 out)

    How good are these specs ?

    I run 5 large & active vbulletin forums. I used to be on a Pentium 4 3Ghz but my CPU load was always around 60-90%.

    Is a Dual Xeon 2.8GHZ Hyperthreaded any good ?

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    You have a very nice professor setup. The memory and hard drive specifications are pretty good, as well. Are you utilizing RAID 1, as well?

    Nice specifications.

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    They are pretty good specs, was your P4 hyperthreaded aswell?

    But anyway, you have some nice RAM, the processor is good in it self. Im sure it will be able to handle those forums.
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    As I posted in your other thread, the CPUs are an improvement over your old one for sure, but still not that great relatively especially for multiple large vB forums since they're very likely NetBurst P4 Xeons. However, let us know if the CPU upgrade does in fact solve your CPU issues.

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    Personally, if it can fit in the budget, I'd go for a quadcore Yorkfield xeon. They have a faster FSB, along with greater cache sizes. What the means for you, is a better processor, one that can pull a lot more weight.

    Also, like I posted in your other thread, I'd go for some SAS drives as well. I wonder if IOwait may be playing a part of this. vB is known to be CPU intensive though.
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    Moved > Dedicated Server Forum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PotterShots View Post
    Processor: Dual Xeon 2.8GHZ Hyperthreaded
    Memory: 4GB DDR Registered/ECC
    Hd1: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache
    Hd2: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache
    RemoteBackup: No Remote Backup Needed
    OS: Linux - CentOS 5 (+64 Bit)
    ControlPanel: CPanel / Web Host Manager (+ServerSecure)(+Fantastico/XController)
    Bandwidth: 4000GB Monthly Transfer (2000 in + 2000 out)

    How good are these specs ?

    I run 5 large & active vbulletin forums. I used to be on a Pentium 4 3Ghz but my CPU load was always around 60-90%.

    Is a Dual Xeon 2.8GHZ Hyperthreaded any good ?
    In my opinion, Dual Xeon 2.x's are getting outdated. If it works, it works, but if you are looking at upgrading you should look at grabbing a Core2Quad or a Xeon. If evne then your budget permits, you should have a look at grabbing (2) 150gb Raptor drives and use software/hardware RAID.

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    The dual xeon are very crap at this moment, its around 3-4x faster than the p4. You should check out buying a core 2 quad. You can find them fairly cheap these days around 80-100$ a month especially if you look for specials. Ever since core i7 came out core 2 quads went down from 20-50$. Also ddr ram is very outdated check for ddr2 or ddr3. For the hd get dual 73GB 15k RPM or Dual 150GB 15k rpm on raid-10. If you are just running some vbulletin forums it would be much better to get a lower demanding control panel or no control panel at all (Manage it your self). The fantastico is very useless since you are just running some vbulletin forums. How big are these forums? When I was running my old forum it was on a vps with around 400-800 people at once and it wasn't having no troubles (apache, mysql) so yeah. If you are not utilizing the whole 4GB ram & Dual xeon best bet is to get a good vps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PotterShots View Post
    Processor: Dual Xeon 2.8GHZ Hyperthreaded
    Memory: 4GB DDR Registered/ECC
    Hd1: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache
    Hd2: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache
    RemoteBackup: No Remote Backup Needed
    OS: Linux - CentOS 5 (+64 Bit)
    ControlPanel: CPanel / Web Host Manager (+ServerSecure)(+Fantastico/XController)
    Bandwidth: 4000GB Monthly Transfer (2000 in + 2000 out)

    How good are these specs ?

    I run 5 large & active vbulletin forums. I used to be on a Pentium 4 3Ghz but my CPU load was always around 60-90%.

    Is a Dual Xeon 2.8GHZ Hyperthreaded any good ?
    CPUs are fine; memory is low.

    You may get faster service for Vbulletin if you use larger SATA disks, and partition them to use the outer area. That will reduce seek times and speed up data throughput. (You want disks with max data rate achieved in benchmarks of 120+ million bytes/second.)

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    You have a good setup with redundancy in cpu, disks and probably in memory. If the deal is good, then keep it. And instead of upgrading to a bigger monster server, just buy another one later optimised for database server.
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    If you're running many large vb forums, 2000gb + 2000gb bandwidth is not going to be nearly enough.
    CPU is old and outdated, as is the ram. You could do with RAID on SAS drives as you'll be doing a lot of writes.

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    What is RAID and what are the benefits of it ?

    Also I'm paying 200/month for that deal, is that any good or can I get better ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PotterShots View Post
    What is RAID and what are the benefits of it ?

    Also I'm paying 200/month for that deal, is that any good or can I get better ?
    RAID allows mirroring of drives, and that way if a drive fails, your data is okay.



    $200 can get you a lot now days. For $200, you won't find a better system, that offers the kind of support that Liquidweb offers though.

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    Guess I'm on a good deal...

    What does Swap memory do ?

    On my P4 3Ghz it used to be around 500kb but since upgrading to a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz it's been around 0

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    Quote Originally Posted by PotterShots View Post
    Guess I'm on a good deal...

    What does Swap memory do ?

    On my P4 3Ghz it used to be around 500kb but since upgrading to a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz it's been around 0
    swap is linux's equivalent of windows' virtual memory. its what the system uses when RAM is running low. it uses it as a temporary RAM storage, and it acts by swapping modules of RAM to and from swap space. SWAP space is on your hard drive just FYI. That's why it's bad to be using swap.

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    Thanks Jacob, what server are you on ?

    For $250 what do you think I can realistically get ?

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