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Frank Pikelner wrote: |
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> I wanted to ask if anyone on the list is running a large MySQL database |
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> and for their server hardware recommendations. The servers are |
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> anticipated to have a DB of 10-20GB, with about 5000-10000 clients |
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> (automated). The database will be mostly used for updates to the data |
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> making up most of the operations. We are considering using Dual AMD |
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> Opteron processors and at a minimum of about 4GB memory (PC2700 or |
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> PC3200 - not sure if the extra bandwidth will add much performace). One |
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> of the items I'm debating is the type of RAID controller to use that is |
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> well supported under Gentoo. I'm also contemplating whether to consider |
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> a SATA2 or a SCSI subsystem. |
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> Just as a side not, I've always wondered the type of hardware used by |
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> Google as they have been very successful in using smaller inexpensive |
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> boxes according to the rumors that have circulated on the Internet. |
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> Any vendor recommendations would also be welcome. |
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I've been looking at a couple of the HP DL385 for a similar |
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application. It's fairly cost effective to toss 8 x 1GB sticks of RAM in |
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it though I think you can push them up to 32GB if you're willing to pay |
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for denser RAM. I'm still not certain what I plan to do for disk. Six |
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15k 36GB drive in RAID 10 would be fastest, but I think 3 or 4 disks in |
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RAID 5 will probably be what I go with. |
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HP offers the single core and dual core chips in that platform. I'm |
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thinking of sticking with the single core for the time being. Prices are |
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supposed to drop again on AMD chips next month so it might be worth your |
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time to wait a bit. |
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I've got a DL360 with a cpq smartarray raid card running Gentoo. It |
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works fine though the naming is a bit strange when you set it up. You |
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might want to check which card revision they're currently installing, |
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but I've had good luck with the smartarray cards and Linux over the years. |
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