This is the exact same server that I have running Linux as our proxy
server at work, if you use RAID 5 you will have 16gb of usable space.
The RAID controller and everything else is fully supported by Redhat 7.
The second processor will be better utilized if you use the 2.4 kernel
but even with 2.2 you will still see an improvement over a single
processor machine, just not a 100% improvement.
Jason
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Subject: New Server for GroupStudy What do you think... [7:282]
I have the opportunity to purchase the following used equipment for
GroupStudy.com:
Dell Poweredge 4200
Dual PII 300 mhz CPUs
512 MB ram
5- 4 gig SCSI drives
Adaptec 7880 controller
AMI raid controller with 32 MB ram
NIC: Adaptec ANA 6944A TX
The machine has redundant power supplies and hot-swappable disks. Some
questions. First, how much total disk capacity will this machine have
if we
put the disks in a raid configuration? If you setup the RAID array to
do
disk striping does that make the aggregated bandwidth of the disk
greater
then if you had a single disk? If I am running Linux, will a Dual PII
300
be equivalent to what speed of a single processor? Heck, can this thing
even run Linux?
I am thinking about replacing our current machine which is a "Home
Built" I
made with an AMD Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB/RAM, and 20 GB disk (7200 RPM).
The
problem with our current setup is redundancy, or lack thereof. So if a
disk
drive fails, it might be days before we get a new disk up and running.
SO what do you think?
Thanks,
Paul Borghese
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