New server install delayed until April 22

[Pit Bull]

Steve

This isn't some kind of April Fools joke, is it?

 

[Jumbo Jet]

I manage the group of people that manages 300+ Intel servers - Mostly HP Netservers, Compaq ProLiant, and IBM x series. They are scattered coast to coast and border to border. Latest big IBM is an 8-way.



Well anyway, the first thing that counts after reliability is service.



Looks like these systems are well thought out.



I guess I'll have to renew that subscription so I can continue to post on these new servers.

 

[SmokinJoe]

Re: Hardware ordered, hosting site chosen, and todays server crash

Originally posted by Steve St. Laurent

Dual AMD Athlon 1900+ MP processors

Tyan S2462 dual processor motherboard

4 - 18. 2G 15,000 RPM Ultra 160 SCSI HD's (full RAID 5 array with 1 standby HD) - hot swappable

128MB Caching RAID 5 SCSI Controller

Dual hot swappable power supplies

Dual - 1 Gbit network cards

I am sure your suggestions will work well. My experience is that most servers need LOTS of I/O capacity and not much CPU. CPU may be more of a concern with a MySQL/PHP server up to a point.



*) You may not want to use RAID 5, use RAID 10 for speed and buy more drives.

*) Use multiple PCI buses, i. e. ServerWorks HE(not LE) chipset boards like the more expensive supermicro ones.

*) 64 bit/66 MHz Gigabit NIC on PCI bus 3, more pricey one with 512k buffer

*) 64 bit/66 MHz RAID controller on PCI bus 2

*) 32 bit/33 MHz PCI junk bus 1

*) isolate video to the AGP bus or your junk bus

*) do NOT buy Compaq/Dell/HP unless they show your it is a SWHE chipset

*) Use a managed gigabit switch and watch it(heavy I/O should show most frames are 1. 5k)

*) Have several spare hard drives on hand especially for the 15,000 RPM drives



I am NOT an Intel fan, but for server I/O you need each PCI slot to work like a buffered switch, not like a shared hub. The server works chipsets do that, Intel chipsets do not. VIA chipsets are the worst for PCI I/O but are very good for local memory I/O for workstation applications. Actually I hate Intel and would like to have an AMD MP system at home... We use a LOT of NT at work and the network I/O is terrible compared to UNIX.

 

[The patriot]

Guess that explains why I couldnt get on the board in the early AM

 

[Deezul1]

This looks way harder than installing a fuel plate and E Brake.

Keep up the good work.

 

[admin2]

Re: Re: Hardware ordered, hosting site chosen, and todays server crash

We'll have plenty of I/O bandwidth with what we've bought, especially the 128 megabytes of RAM on the RAID caching controller card. We've modeled our server against another site that has been running with a million posts and 1000 simultanious users without a reboot since September. We're actually building a much faster system then theirs so it should be plenty. Ten grand is plenty for a web server. Its not a Dell, nor Compaq, nor IBM. Nor is it an Intel chipset because Intel processors are handicapped with a slower bus and a slower processor than AMD's offering. There's good reason why Linux Journal chose our configuration as the "Ultimate Linux Box" and we're buying from that vendor... .



The motherboard uses the AMD-760 MPX chipset and AMD-762 north bridge & AMD-768 south bridge Winbond W83627HF-AW Super I/O ASIC. The 64 Bit PCI bus is seperate from the 32 bit bus and the chipset uses some system memory for buffering on each PCI slot so each esstentially is a seperate bus.

 

[Joe G.]

Way to go!!

Originally posted by Steve St. Laurent

I spoke with a webmaster today that is running the same version of vBulletin as we are and he has up to 1500 simultaneous users on his system. We are configuring the new servers based on his system because we know it works, except that we are buying even more power (he has dual 1 Ghz CPU's we are buying dual 1. 9 Ghz CPU's, and he has 10,000 rpm drives we are buying 15,000 rpm drives). The TDR is also hiring him as a consultant to look the system over and help with configuring it to be absolutely sure it's set up correctly.

-Steve St. Laurent

Lead Moderator

I'm impressed by you guys finding a guy with a good wheel and grabbing him. Beats reinventing the wheel every time!



Joe

 

[Shooter]

BOMBING

I guess that is why we have several boxes, injectors, air filters, pump plates, cams, heads, inj pumps, lift pumps... ... ... ... ... ... .



That way we can all have equally bombed trucks. OOPs forgot turbos... ..... just like servers. Oo. Oo. Oo.



Thanks Admin.

 

[Papa Joe]

Brought the bugs out of the woodwork, eh ??!!!.



David, Gary, hell, where's Sam (porky)???



BTW, I finally put a box (Edge) in the old rattle box. Hoo boy, gotta love that torque.



Later, Papa Joe

 

[amsoilman]

All I can say is GREAT JOB! It is good to know there are people who know what they are doing!



Wayne

amsoilman

 

[MCummings]

So now, If I put a TDR sticker on my truck,, Will that make my truck any faster ??



Good Job guys. Ca't wait to see the new performance and face of the new system/setup. This cab;e modem sure is gonna come in BIG TIME handy now... .



Merrick Cummings Jr

 

[CCahill]

WOW!!

I have this same setup at home... It also doubles as a Cappacino maker, and Low Impact gopher trap...

Colin

 

[rjones]

Re: WOW!!

Originally posted by CCahill

I have this same setup at home... It also doubles as a Cappacino maker, and Low Impact gopher trap...

Colin

HEY I LIKE THAT IDEA "A CAPPACINO MAKER" ILL HAVE TO TRY THAT

 

[MadOtis]

My wife read that... now she want's an 'AlPacino Maker' too.

 

[thepitts]

Hubs?

Did you get hubs to handle the 1Gbit LAN cards?

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

They'll be cabled direct until when/if we need to add a third server - no need for hubs yet.

 

[RottnDogue]

Originally posted by MCummings

So now, If I put a TDR sticker on my truck,, Will that make my truck any faster ??Merrick Cummings Jr

No But I heard a Banks sticker will get you 25 HP and almost 50 lbs of Torque..... Provided you palce it in the proper position... But it is a Little Pricey but what do you expect... ... Power Costs...

 

[homeka45]

Just wondering what kind of oil you guys are using?

 

[dseabaugh]

WAY TO BOMB THE SERVER!!!!!. If D. C. operated like this we wouldn't ever have to bomb our toys; just trade for new ones as the upgraded models came out. (But that could take some of the fun out?????) Just think; Indy turbo diesel stock trucks. THANKS!Oo.

 

[Dave MacArthur]

Hey Steve, don't forget the Horton fan clutches for all those fans. We want to make sure the servers warm up quickly when we all go online! ... Am I in the right forum?



Thanks for all the hard work,



Dave.