Thanks Phil and David! I got the 500 gig SSD option; I can always add more later. The entire Mutopia repository, which I've cloned, with mp3s of all midi files added, is less than 10 gigs. 500 gigs is a lot! I'll be sure to keep it under 70% capacity.
System specs are here: https://order.servermania.com/configure/244?options=1345%7C3998 They're putting it together right now. I opted for Ubuntu 20. It's dedicated, just my lilypond projects. Thx for checking the website page David. Cheers, M. On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 11:51 AM David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu 29 Jul 2021 at 15:01:58 (+0100), Phil Holmes wrote: > > On 29/07/2021 14:55, Mike Blackstock wrote: > > > I'm getting a new server for online hosting of lilypond stuff. > > > > > > I'm not much of a hardware guy... within my hosting budget, I can > > > have either a 500 GB SDD, or a 1 TB HDD pn the system I'll > > > be leasing. > > > > > > I've never had a system with a solid state drive... would it > > > be noticeably faster for compiling lilypond scores? > > > > > > https://blackstock.media <https://blackstock.media> > > > > Lilypond is pretty much CPU limited, so the speed of the drive has > almost no effect on compiling scores. It's also single threaded, so the > best option for speeding it up is an ultra-fast single core CPU - if one > exists these days. > > OTOH the website reference in your signature implies that > several people could be simultaneously compiling their own > scores within IDEs, others downloading scores, consulting > documentation, and so on. > > With most machines now offering several CPUs and cores, > I'd certainly expect the SSD option to be far faster. > But bear in mind that they do slow down when run near > full capacity. I've read recommendations that you > shouldn't exceed about 70% to maintain top speed, so > I would check your total storage requirements on the site. > > Running near full capacity also impacts lifetime, but as > you're leasing, I guess that's of no concern to you. > > Cheers, > David. > -- https://blackstock.media
