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[Veritas-bu] Media server requirements

2002-11-19 17:09:31
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Media server requirements
From: vaxzilla AT jarai DOT org (Brian Chase)
Date: 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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