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05-23-2011, 12:57 PM #1Newbie
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Virtuozzo or No-Virtuozzo Dedicated Server
Hello Guys
I have a dedicated Dual Xeon with 2 x 73 GB SCSI disks in RAID 1 and 2x250GB for backup. The server has 200 total domains, each with many mail accounts and some database driven normal sites hosted on it. Average usage is around 2 CPUs but there are frequent spikes when mails are sent.
The hardware has gotten old and has been giving some problems, so I want to replace it. The new config would be like:
Quad Core Xeon® X3440 Processor
4x2.53 GHz Hyperthreaded Cores
8 MB L3-Cache, 1333 MHz FSB
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Memory
500GB Usable Serial ATA Storage in RAID 1
My data center has given me two options - Dedicated server with Virtuozzo or without it. I will not be creating VPSes on the server but just transferring those 200 domains. Cost difference would be around USD70 per month which is manageable.
-Will Virtuozzo slow down things too much? Any other side-effects?
- Are there more chances of downtime because of the extra Virtuozzo software which I actually do not need but will help the DC provide faster support?
- Which option should I go for in terms of performance?
Any comments / suggestions will help.
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05-23-2011, 01:35 PM #2Reseller Hosting Specialist
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If you aren't going to host VPSs, why would you want to set up Virtuozzo on the server?
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05-24-2011, 02:40 AM #3Disabled
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Virtuozzo will not be needed if you only want to transfer over your websites. It will not slow down the server if you don't use it.
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05-24-2011, 07:28 AM #4Web Hosting Evangelist
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Virtuozzo is only to create VPS. As per your requirements, you don't need Virtuozzo. Avoid that.
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05-24-2011, 07:28 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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05-24-2011, 12:57 PM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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If you don't plan on creating VPSes than you have no use for Virtuozzo.
However it maybe a good idea to actually do partition the 200 websites into several VPSes due to the security considerations.
Also, if you are OK with the CLI, I would highly suggest the OpenVZ which is free and open source and is the basis of the Virtuozzo.
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05-24-2011, 01:24 PM #7Eternal Member
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Virtuozzo will only help with the migration here if your current server runs it as well. In that case you can migrate the container hosting all your sites and potentially maintain the same IP address(es), etc.
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05-28-2011, 08:18 AM #8Newbie
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Thanks
Thanks Guys
My data center people were insisting on Virtuozzo as it helps them manage stuff easily.
Based on your feedback I have requested a non-Virtuozzo server. They will charge around $50-70 more on the monthly for the same.
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06-02-2011, 07:30 AM #9Newbie
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Both options below are non-Virtuozzo.
1. Which managed server option makes more sense to host 200 small-medium domains with a lot of email accounts, according to the price below? Is the first one an overkill?
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Quad Core Xeon® X3450 Processor
4 x 2.66 GHz Hyperthreaded Cores
8 MB L3 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB
8 GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory
2 x 146 GB 15K SAS HDD in Hardware RAID 1
PERC H700 Adapter RAID Controller 512 MB Cache
8 TB Monthly Transfer
100 Mbps Uplink Port
4 IP Addresses
CentOS 5 Operating System
cPanel/WHM Control Panel Software
50 GB R1Soft Backup Storage
$149 One Time Setup
$399 Monthly Recurring
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Quad Core Xeon® X3440 Processor
4 x 2.53 GHz Hyperthreaded Cores
8 MB L3 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB
4 GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory
2 x 146 GB 10K SAS HDD in Hardware RAID 1
256 MB RAID Cache
8 TB Monthly Transfer
100 Mbps Uplink Port
4 IP Addresses
CentOS 5 Operating System
cPanel/WHM Control Panel Software
50 GB R1Soft Backup Storage
$99 One Time Setup
$359 Monthly Recurring
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2. Does it make sense to reduce - $99 on the setup + $50 monthly on the R1soft backup - and instead take an extra 500GB backup disk? I do not need individual file restores so maybe the extra disk will allow faster restores?
What do you experts think?
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06-02-2011, 09:33 AM #10Newbie
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If you can and definitely you want eternal peace to manage this server, choose (1). H700 whith raid-1 using 15k HDDs will run very very beautiful.
But if you don't want to increase the number of sites in future, you can use raid-1 without H700 (maybe SAS6 I think) and using 10k HDDs, choosing option (2)
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06-02-2011, 10:01 AM #11Rockin' the beer gut
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SAS > SATA all the way around.
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06-02-2011, 10:23 AM #12Newbie
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Please, SATA only in desktop. Never in server... MTBF too low, BUS velocity too low and SPEED... too low. LOL.
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06-02-2011, 11:20 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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To the OP: What is the datacenter?
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06-02-2011, 12:40 PM #14Now renamed!
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06-03-2011, 10:55 AM #15Newbie
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Thanks for the advice guys
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