... Go for the latest FC3. The newer 2.6.x kernel really do give a general performance boost.. ... Fast HDD are advised if you intend to do SQUID Object...
As Manu said, there are many permutations. Here are a few more thoughts... First, If you can live without the manageability of rack hardware, using standard PC...
... If 1TB required as contiguous section, better not use EXT3, but rather use XFS. ... Large filesystems on software RAID5 is no joke.. The pain starts when ...
... Adaptec cards are generally good in quality and performance, only thing is that it is slightly expensive, but worth it.. BTW that is a 64 bit card, i...
... Err. yeah. I have 2 arrays here. One of 3 250GB SATA drives and one of 10 250GB SATA drives. I'm just building a third with 15 250GB SATA drives. What...
Brad Campbell
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Jan 1, 2005 8:29 pm
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... Wishing you all a happy and prosperous New Year ... mifthas haris Enigmatis DIC...
Hi, Has somebody on this list worked with Simulcrypt ... ? None of the DVB gurus whom i known seem to have worked on this.. They are also looking for answers...
... Hey! Lets not get vendor specific here. There are plenty of Opteron boards that will fit the bill also! :p) ... Agreed. I have 2TB on 3 PCI cards and 10...
Brad Campbell
brad@...
Jan 2, 2005 6:04 am
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... The reason i got vendor specific was only one... If you go for an Opteron processor, stick to AMD PCI implementations rather than VIA implementations .. My...
... I have no problem with that recomendation and qualification, but you did not state that. You simply mentioned Xeon. I have not had bad luck with VIA...
Brad Campbell
brad@...
Jan 2, 2005 7:35 am
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... If you happen to have any media processing hardware, you are in bad luck with VIA, noted are also the Voodoo cards, permedia cards etc... ... Let's forget...
... Try some good quality cards, Adaptec, Mylex (subsidiary of IBM), Intel etc.. I have worked with these cards, they have given me very good results, all ...
... I have drive cages, but no Linux drivers yet relaibly support hot removal/addition of drives. This is something that is being worked on, but as yet has not...
Brad Campbell
brad@...
Jan 2, 2005 10:33 am
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... Oh you misunderstood, i was talking about SCSI hotswap.. Not SATA hotswap.. I never tried SATA hotswap.. Hotswap i have only on my HA servers. ... I meant...
... Oh you misunderstood, i was talking about SCSI hotswap.. Not SATA hotswap.. I never tried SATA hotswap.. Hotswap i have only on my HA servers. ... I meant...
... If you happen to have any media processing hardware, you are in bad luck with VIA, noted are also the Voodoo cards, permedia cards etc... ... Let's forget...
... Fair enough, SCSI requires some tricky termination issues when removing/adding devices to the bus live. Yes other trickery is required. ... Murphy is a...
Brad Campbell
brad@...
Jan 2, 2005 3:14 pm
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... Intelligent Input/Output (I2O) is a hardware specification that describes a model for offloading I/O processing from the CPU. There is no doubt that this ...
... No, not for SCA SCSI.. I mean Hot swappable ones.. I can demonstrate it sometime for you.. ... I agree.. ... Brad, i used to work in an organization with...
Dear Manu and Brad, Thanks for your support and sharing your knowledge. It is really informative. Before you stop this conversation could you please give me a...
... I used an ASUS A7V600 Motherboard Athlon 2600+ Processor 3 x Promise SATA150TX4 4-Port PCI SATA controllers ...
Brad Campbell
brad@...
Jan 3, 2005 6:27 am
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... You can buy the SATA card that you had in mind, the Adaptec card, you can put it onto an ASUS Server/workstation class board, RAM and processor as per your...
... I don't like Intel due to their monopolistic attitude, just like M$, but there is no other alternative for me, i am forced to sit down with it, with a sad ...
... Having said that, I'd rather sit through a Kenny G concert than any talk by a Microsoft Rep. But yes, I'm not an Intel fan. My only three Intel processors...
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