Thanks you gentlemen, these are great points to think about. Our clinic is fortunate enough to be in the center of Tel Aviv so power is both stable and well conditioned. But, we be sure to have at least a UPS.
It seems that this machine is kind of the the server equivalent of a netbook. Not the most powerful but for $279 seems quite full featured. Apparently it does have a hardware RAID 0/1 controller (although I've read that it uses the CPU similar to a software RAID). Tobin On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Dave Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Backups aside, James is right to be thinking about power. MySQL is easy > to corrupt by pulling the plug while there's an open transaction running, > so I'd say at very least you need a UPS that supports graceful shutdown. > We use laptops as servers in our remote sites for this reason. > > D > On Mar 13, 2012 10:41 PM, "James Arbaugh" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Tobin,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> That looks like a good entry level server. My only suggestion would be >> to have redundant power supplies (looks like it only supports 1). If you >> can’t configure it with redundant power supplies, at least order a spare >> power supply to have on hand if needed. Or maybe you have better logistics >> than we have in Haiti.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> It will be best if you can do hardware RAID rather than software RAID. >> You would need a RAID controller (which is probably included with anything >> sold as a server).**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Do you have a means of data backup? If not, you should order that with >> the server too.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks,**** >> >> James**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Tobin Greensweig >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:28 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [OPENMRS-IMPLEMENTERS] Server thoughts**** >> >> ** ** >> >> We're deciding on a dedicated server to host a new OpenMRS >> implementation. After importing from the current system, we will have about >> 8,000 patients with 6 clinicians working simultaneously. At the beginning >> we won't be collecting a tremendous amount of data or doing anything fancy. >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> We've been considering this model:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Model: HP 658553-001 ProLiant N40L Ultra Micro Tower Server **** >> >> Processor: AMD Turion II Neo 1.5GHz 2 cores**** >> >> RAM: 8GB**** >> >> Storage: 250GB RAID 1 configuration**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Here's a link to the server which we'll then plan to upgrade to above by >> adding RAM and a HD. >> http://www.amazon.com/HP-658553-001-ProLiant-Server-System/dp/B005KKJPCO* >> *** >> >> ** ** >> >> There are some rough guidelines on the wiki but thought I'd just see if >> anybody had thoughts.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Tobin**** >> >> ** ** >> ------------------------------ >> >> Click here to >> unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l>from >> OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list >> **** >> ------------------------------ >> Click here to >> unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l>from >> OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l>from > OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list > -- Tobin _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-implement-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l]
