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I'd like to help but you need to explain a bit more about what your system does. I've helped build and manage racks and cloud installs. Some general stuff: Dow
by aristus 16y ago
I'd like to help but you need to explain a bit more about what your system does. I've helped build and manage racks and cloud installs. Some general stuff:
Downtime happens. It often happens when you move hardware around (say, you need another SAN or replace you switches. Cloud servers are very ver flexible; you can set up a parallel system and test it for a week. You can't do that with your own hardware without spending serious cash. The first time I rearranged my entire server set up, while sitting in a cafe, was pretty damned cool.
It also happens when hardware fails. With owned systems you have to drive to the colo in the middle of the night.
I suggest you build a minimal parallel system in a cloud and try it out. Try several providers.
- flannell 16y agoOkay, you asked for it! 2 x Express x3550 M3 + 2 x Xeon 4C E5506 processors + 7 x 4Gb memory sticks + 2 x 73Gb disks + 1 x Qlogic raid card 1 x IBM storage DS3300 + 8 x 300Gb disks 2 x VM Ware standard 2 x SuSE 11 Also some Watchguard and Gigabit switch.
- flannell 16y agoFormatting gone a bit wrong. So two servers with both cpu's, 7 sticks of 4gb ram and dual mirrored raid disks each. Thanks for posting, I do love this community.
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