Fastest System Possible

[Bill Watson]

The applications run a distributor wall to wall. The application language is
UniBasic by Dynamic Concepts, but that is probably meaningless to most/all.
The application *used* to be diskbound, but with more memory than data in
recent machines, I am not sure if that will still be an issue.
 
Any hints to cause 4.0 to leave all the disk in memory? Is this a good idea?
 
Is it faster to just go grab some disk data that to search endless memory
cache?
 
I am currently running pretty well (only root can bog the system) on a
PIII/833 with 512mb, but I'd like this thing to have as close to infinite
speed as I can.
 
 

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[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Bacchi
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:54 AM
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Subject: RE: Fastest System Possible



You aren't supplying much info on the applications, so I can't tell where
the needs are.

 

If the app is CPU intensive, I would consider dual Xeon processors.  If the
app is I/O intensive, a gigabit network card would help.  From what info you
have supplied, it doesn't sound like anything a plain vanilla machine of
today(server level) can't handle.

 

If you can, nix the telnet in favor of an encrypted terminal emulator.  But,
you already knew that.

 

 

 


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[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bill Watson
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:58 PM
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Subject: Fastest System Possible

 

Hi folks,

 

I need to gather opinions as to what is the fastest system able to be
created that:

 

Runs RedHat AS4.0 (5.0 when available)

 

No need for graphics

 

Old fashioned business application written in 1970's business basic with
about 2Gb of indexed contiguous files

 

About 200 users

 

Networked access [flame suit on] via telnet [flame suit off]

 

Thanks!

Bill Watson

bill at magicdigits.com

 

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