I'm currently looking at hardware specs for a samba server, its' job will be to hold general office files, cad / solidworks files along with approximately 40 outlook PST files that will be opened off the server. Here are the current specs I'm looking at.. AMD 2600XP Asus A7N8X Deluxe nVidia Serial ATA 2 x 512 MB PC2700 DDR 333 = 1024MB ASUS S520/Generic 52X CD-ROM (OEM) ASUS GrForce4 MX440-8X 64MB DDR D-Link DGE-550T 32/64-Bit PCI-Bus Copper (RJ45) 3Ware Escalade 7500-8 8 x 40gb ata-100 7200.7 drives 3Ware Escalade 7500-4 4 x 40gb ata-100 7200.7 drives The 7500-8 will be holding the office and cad / solid works files and the 7500-4 will be holding the PST files (I thought it was best to keep them on a separate controller cards.) Will this do a reasonable job in keeping up with a gigabit network? And is running PST files off the server like this a feasible option?? Any suggestions on hardware improvements would be appreciated as without the hardware to test with I'm purchasing quite blindly here :| Thanks Tim
3ware makes great controllers, but you will be limited to the pci bus bandwidth for the raid arrays. instead of 8x40 I would look for the best cost/size ratio. I think 120GB hard drives can be found for around $100.00 (us) I'd put 3 in a raid5 array for performance. Take care, Seth 727-919-1598 seth@opentechinc.net -----Original Message----- From: samba-bounces+seth=hollen.org@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-bounces+seth=hollen.org@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Tim Rowe Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:20 AM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] New Samba Server I'm currently looking at hardware specs for a samba server, its' job will be to hold general office files, cad / solidworks files along with approximately 40 outlook PST files that will be opened off the server. Here are the current specs I'm looking at.. AMD 2600XP Asus A7N8X Deluxe nVidia Serial ATA 2 x 512 MB PC2700 DDR 333 = 1024MB ASUS S520/Generic 52X CD-ROM (OEM) ASUS GrForce4 MX440-8X 64MB DDR D-Link DGE-550T 32/64-Bit PCI-Bus Copper (RJ45) 3Ware Escalade 7500-8 8 x 40gb ata-100 7200.7 drives 3Ware Escalade 7500-4 4 x 40gb ata-100 7200.7 drives The 7500-8 will be holding the office and cad / solid works files and the 7500-4 will be holding the PST files (I thought it was best to keep them on a separate controller cards.) Will this do a reasonable job in keeping up with a gigabit network? And is running PST files off the server like this a feasible option?? Any suggestions on hardware improvements would be appreciated as without the hardware to test with I'm purchasing quite blindly here :| Thanks Tim -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
On Wednesday, June 18, Seth Hollen wrote:> 3ware makes great controllers, but you will be limited to the pci bus > bandwidth for the raid arrays. > instead of 8x40 I would look for the best cost/size ratio. I > think 120GB > hard drives can be found for around $100.00 (us) > I'd put 3 in a raid5 array for performance.Hi Seth and Tim: One other comment - the Escalade 7500 series cards are PCI-X cards (64-bit) if you can afford the motherboard that has these slots, having that extra bandwidth will be a big performance boost. I'm using the 7500-4LP and 4x120GB Western Digital drives in my backup server right now - it's a sweet setup! :-) Later, -- Kevin L. Collins, MCSE Systems Manager Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.