Networker

Re: [Networker] ANALYSIS: Networker server price/performance

2005-12-07 03:51:45
Subject: Re: [Networker] ANALYSIS: Networker server price/performance
From: Oscar Olsson <spam1 AT QBRANCH DOT SE>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:50:06 +0100
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Jan Fredrik Løvik wrote:

JFL> I am in the process of investing in a new Networker server and was 
wondering
JFL> what kind of disk system you are running on the V440? Since you are able to
JFL> max out 4 procs., are you running sw raid? 
JFL> I have been given a offer on a V240 and V440 as well as an AMD-based X4200
JFL> server..

The disk I/O on the networker server is not a real problem. We're running 
2*300GB disks in a RAID1 as a software metadevice in solaris.

However, rebuilding devices is easier if you have hardware RAID, such as 
the smartarray controller in HP servers.

//Oscar

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