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12-26-2006, 04:43 PM #1Web Hosting Evangelist
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Best way to provision a database intensive server?
I will be ordering a Dual Xeon 3.4ghz HTT/2 Gigabyte of ram/2x 73gb 10k scsi server and I'm wondering what the best way to provision it would be. Also, kernal suggestions would be appreciated as well.
I'm a complete novice in terms of provisioning/updating kernels so please treat me as one
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12-26-2006, 05:42 PM #2Doh!!
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First, don't get that box, get a woodcrest, secondly make sure it is a 64bit operating system and hence forth 64bit kernels.
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12-26-2006, 05:49 PM #3Eternal Member
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12-26-2006, 06:17 PM #4Web Hosting Evangelist
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Well for the price I'm paying, this is an extremely good deal plus I really dont think I would need a woodcrest just yet.
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12-27-2006, 07:21 PM #5Web Hosting Evangelist
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Any one else have an opinion? How should I partition the HDs? They will be in hardware Raid 1
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12-27-2006, 09:10 PM #6Junior Guru
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I'd use hardware RAID 10 on a database server. Disk access speed and RAM are usually bottlenecks before CPU. RAID 10 gives you much faster disk access.
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12-27-2006, 09:25 PM #7Junior Guru
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He's only got two drives.
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12-27-2006, 10:00 PM #8Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by PixyMisa
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12-28-2006, 08:24 AM #9Aspiring Evangelist
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well, you're a picky little christmas mouse, aint ya?
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