> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Michael Graff Andersen <
mian71 AT gmail DOT com>
> wrote:
>
> > We are about to replace our backup server and I have used the Backup
> > Planning and Performance Tuning Guide for 6.0 to size our new server
> >
> > Our server people think the sizing is wrong, more specifically that it
> > gives to many CPUs
> >
> > What are you experience regarding sizing ?
>
> Rule #1. There's no such thing as "too many CPUs or too much memory".
> Rule #2. See Rule #1
> Rule #3. Is your storage growing? If it is, see rule #1.
>
> In general, the master server needs lots of memory and cpu and the media
> servers need less memory but lots of I/O bandwidth. All of them need
> plenty of disk space for logs - 20-50GB at a minimum and in a busy
> environment while troubleshooting issues, 100GB of logs is not unheard of.
> Without significantly more details on what exactly you're trying to
> accomplish and what config you came up with, we're not going to be able to
> get more specific than that.
>
> .../Ed
>
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> Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:
ewilts AT ewilts DOT org