Gentoo Archives: gentoo-performance

From: Chris S <taskara@××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-performance@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-performance] xeon server
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 02:03:32
Message-Id: 42C681E3.1020005@internode.on.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-performance] xeon server by Geisel Sierote
1 Geisel Sierote wrote:
2
3 >Sorry.
4 >
5 >This is better:
6 >
7 >I'm installing gentoo - kernel 2.6.x in a server with the specifications
8 >above. This will be an apache + php 5.0 + mysql 4.1 server. The server
9 >will be instaled on an internal network.
10 >
11 >
12 no problems there so long as php5 and mysql are stable enough for you
13 (which they should be by now although msql in portage still at 4.0)
14
15 >2 x Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz
16 >
17 >
18 don't know how much data you're actually storing, but opterons perform
19 better at DB than xeons, but this is still a powerful system
20
21 >2GB RAM
22 >
23 >
24 get as much ram as you can. if you're making lots of mysql transactions
25 store as much as you can in ram rather than from hdd.
26
27 >2 HD SCSI 36GB RAID 1
28 >
29 >
30 software or hardware raid? LVM2?
31
32 >1 HD IDE 80 GB
33 >
34 >
35 need to be hot swappable? SATA? what about external USB? can you afford
36 downtime? is this your only backup?
37
38 what mainboard are you using? PSU?
39
40 >[]s
41 >
42 >________________________________
43 >*Geisel Sebrão Sierote*
44 >_geisel@×××××××.br_ <mailto://geisel@×××××××.br>
45 >*4up Soluções Corporativas*
46 >_www.4up.com.br_ <http://www.4up.com.br>
47 >
48 >Anthony Gorecki wrote:
49 >
50 >
51 >
52 >>(apologies if this is delivered twice)
53 >>
54 >>Geisel,
55 >>
56 >>It's unlikely that someone would take the time to analyze your new computer
57 >>system and make blind suggestions. You'd have better luck asking a specific
58 >>question, preferably after doing some research of your own. See
59 >>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
60 >>
61 >>
62 >>Secondly, extracting some header information from your message:
63 >>
64 >>X-Filtering-Reason: No text/plain message body was present.
65 >>X-Filtering-Reason: The message contained data that was of an illegal content
66 >>type.
67 >>X-Karma: -2
68 >>
69 >>
70 >>and after briefly scanning your message (in unrendered markup form), here are
71 >>a few suggestions:
72 >>
73 >>- Send your mail in plain text format. Many of the Gentoo developers and users
74 >>on this mailing list can read HTML text without having it rendered, but
75 >>they're more likely to simply send your message on an instantaneous trip to
76 >>the trash; many mail filters will do this automatically (mine included).
77 >>
78 >>- Don't waste message space by sending virtual business cards (the "illegal
79 >>content type" mentioned in the second filtering header). If you need to
80 >>provide information about yourself, add a web address to your signature; save
81 >>us the trouble of looking at data that's of no interest. If someone wants
82 >>more information, they'll search the web or visit the website that you've
83 >>listed in your signature.
84 >>
85 >>- Be concise. Basic information about the computer is useful. A raw dump of
86 >>data, spanning your entire device subsystem, is not. This is also, from a
87 >>security standpoint, potentially unwise.
88 >>
89 >>
90 >>
91 >>
92 >
93 >
94 >
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Re: [gentoo-performance] xeon server Geisel Sierote <geisel@×××××××.br>