Server comments

Jim Bodkikns (Dakotacom) JimBodkins at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 16 20:55:40 UTC 2006


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Bird" <mgb-ubuntu at yosemite.net>
To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Server comments


> On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 11:44, Jim Bodkikns (Dakotacom) wrote:
>>    I and Sun and HP and IBM and many others respectfully disagree. :)
>>
>>    My typical server has several hundred gigs of fast scsi (or raided 
>> SATA
>> on the low end) and at least 4 gigs of memory. (Usually P4 on the low 
>> side
>> up to Dual Xeons. That is, nothing special on the low end. Its common).
>>
>>    Unless you are running boxes that shouldnt be in use anymore, you 
>> really
>> dont save anything by not installing the desktop (or more). Installing 
>> the
>> minimum is not a server in my opinion. It is an appliance. I am not 
>> talking
>> about appliances. (routers, bridges, firewalls etc).
>
> And what hardware do you buy when the application doesn't
> need several hundred gigs of fast scsi and 4GB of RAM?

For smaller installs; P4's with SATA and a gig or two.

>
> We have Linux servers ranging from 1.4GB to 1.8TB of HD,
> and from 32MB to 1.5GB of RAM.  It all depends on what's
> needed.
>
> Did you know that kernels can run slower with more RAM
> than with less, if the extra RAM is not well utilized?
> The details vary with different kernel versions and
> page table schemes.

Good to know. Thanks. I'll pay more attention to that.

>
> Even if you have to drive hundreds of megabytes per
> second of bandwidth, it may be more cost-effective to
> use more mid-range servers rather than fewer hi-end
> servers.  Consider Google.
>
> So why exactly do you believe that every server
> requires 4GB of RAM?

I dont.

Thanks for the info.

>
> --Mike Bird
>
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