[K12OSN] Server choices

[Robert Arkiletian]

On 7/26/06, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 7/26/06, Michael Blinn <mblinn at peopleplaces.org> wrote:
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> >   I'm nearing the purchase point of my terminal server, but I thought
> > before laying down the serious $$, I should get the opinions of those
> > who have been there before!
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> >   I'm partial to Dell servers because the ones that I have had in the
> > past have worked very well. They don't (yet) offer AMD products. They've
> > quoted me on an Intel 64-bit dual-processor dual-core system w/ 8GB of
> > ram and a two raid arrays (one system array @ RAID1, one /var, /home
> > array @ RAID5). It will be using a PERC SAS controller card hooked to
> > (2+5=) 7 146gb drives to accomplish this. With three gigabit cards (two
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> why are you using 146GB for the / OS? A full install is not more than 12
> GB. Stick /tmp on the raid 5 and use smaller but faster (15k rpm scsi) for
> the / raid 1.
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> BTW I think Intel and therefore dell are going to drop their prices in the
> next week. Also check to see if you are getting the new Woodcrest Xeons.
> They are much faster than the old Nocona netburst Xeons.
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The Woodcrest Xeons are numbered 51xx.


for two separate subnets and one for external interface), the grand
> > total came in around $6,500. This leaves me $1500 in the budget for 4
> > terminals & monitors and two switches to round out the testbed.
> >
> >   Does FC4 or FC5 (and therefore k12ltsp) support Intel's 64-bit
> > architecture? If not, does someone have a good source for reliable
> > Opteron servers?
> >
> >   I have no experience with hardware RAID on the Linux side of things.
> > Dell said they'd provide RHEL drivers for the RAID card - can these be
> > used in Fedora? How does one set up the arrays prior to OS installation?
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> >
> > Thank you to everyone - I've enjoyed reading the archives, especially
> > the newer posts about local devs and NIC bonding to remove that
> > bottleneck.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >   Michael Blinn
> >
> > --
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> > If this is my day of harvest, in what fields have I sowed the seed, and
> > in what unremembered seasons?
> > - Kahlil Gibran
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> Robert Arkiletian
> Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
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Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
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