So why not toss HyperV or ESX on this box and you can silo these apps/services? Your disk i/o config is as others noted overly complicated and probably not actually buying you much in the current scheme proposed.
Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Let's have some fun and configure a brand new server. Other apps are specifically our Core Business App (CUBE from Fiserv). It doesn't take a lot of RAM or processor but I wanted it separate from SQL and the OS so that is why it is segregated. My only issue with the Reporting database is that it is created dynamically throughout the day so extra network IO may not be nice for all the users. However, I do know of one of my sister companies, that use CUBE, has this dual setup thing with their IBM's. They complain about throughput issues as much as I do. Thanks for the input. Mostly this is a SQL server with a transactional database. ________________________________ From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Posted At: Friday, August 20, 2010 10:44 AM Posted To: itli...@imcu.com Conversation: Let's have some fun and configure a brand new server. Subject: Re: Let's have some fun and configure a brand new server. What is this server supposed to be doing? (What are the ALL OTHER APPS you expect to put on E:) If this is supposed to be the latest and greatest, here are some things I would change or attempt to change. * Use 64-bit Windows (preferably 2008 R2, but even 2003 R2 would be acceptable for all this RAM) * Use dual i7 CPU, preferably quad-core. Two of them. * RAID10 requires an even # of disks (3x60GB won't work unless you mean RAID1 with a local hotspare) * I wouldn't put reporting databases on the same server as the primary databases, but perhaps capacity is not a problem. * You don't seem to need a separate volume for Indexing, but that is an option. * Use disk space more efficiently. * C: 2ea x 146GB RAID1 for OS * D: 2ea x 146GB RAID1 for SQL and other applications * J: 4ea x 72GB (or 146GB) RAID10 for SQL databases * L: 2ea x 72GB (or 146GB) RAID1 for Database Logs * R: 2ea x 72GB (or 146GB) RAID1 for Reporting Databases (really should be on different servers, but...) * S: 4ea x 146GB (or 300GB) RAID5 for Database Backups (I'd put on a NAS or some other less costly storage ideally, or make a smaller partition for the local backup copy that is copied off regularly) Overall, it seems like a whole lot of complexity at the disk level for no clear benefit. Did you obtain any metrics from perfmon to establish the I/O needs? Or is this just a "if you build it, they will come" exercise? That reminds me -- I need to update the following: http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/Docs/?File=ServerSpecs.PDF<http://kb.ultratech-llc.com/Docs/?File=ServerSpecs.PDF> 5 years is a long time. (It's actually 3 years, but I never published those other updates) ASB (My XeeSM Profile)<http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... Signature powered by WiseStamp<http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:13 AM, itli...@imcu.com<mailto:itli...@imcu.com> <itli...@imcu.com<mailto:itli...@imcu.com>> wrote: This is what I have: Production Server Specifications Purchased date 01/01/2008 Make HP Model HP ProLiant DL580 G5 Processor 2.40 Gigahertz Intel Xeon (4 installed) Memory 64 Gigabytes of RAM Hard Drive Space 3596 Gigabytes of Hard Drive Capacity Type of Drives SAS 15k Storage Controllers LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI controller Smart Array P400 Controller X2 Smart Array P800 Controller X2 External Storage StorageWorks70 Modular Smart Array x2 What I am looking for from any Make is the latest, greatest, and maximum of everything in all areas. Dual power supplies, Dual nics, etc... This machine is currently configured: C: Server 2003 Advanced Mirrored 1+1 (On the server )Bus0 D: SQL 2005 Enterprise Mirrored 1+1 (On the server) Bus0 E: All other Apps Raid 5 (On the server) Bus1 J: Production Database File 60GB Raid 10 (1st StorageWorks Array) L: All Database Log Files size varies Raid 10 (2nd StorageWorks Arrary) R: Reporting Databases Files 3 x 60GB each Raid 10 (2nd StorageWorks Array) S: All Database Backup Files size varies Raid 10 (2nd StorageWorks Array) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
