[Veritas-bu] Media server requirements
2002-11-19 17:09:31
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[Veritas-bu] Media server requirements |
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vaxzilla AT jarai DOT org (Brian Chase) |
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:09:31 -0800 (PDT) |
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Kramer, Dale wrote:
> Are there guidelines for sizing a Unix media server? We have a Sun
> 3500 with 6 - 245mghz (or close) cpus and about 2 gig of memory. We
> plan on hooking up 6 drives to it. I would think that a media server
> is not CPU intensive but more memory intensive.
More than anything, a media server will be I/O intensive. Your CPU and
memory requirements will, to some extent, be related to the flow of I/O
through the system. What type of drives are you connecting and what
type of network connection will you be using to feed those drives?
-brian.
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