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-sc From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small server Gonna have to put that one on the least favorite list too. On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: Please forgive my hyperbole... but yeah... not a lot of production installations I've heard of. Not that I really feel that large DB's are a great match for a VM'd environment, it's just their stance that sticks in my craw. -sc From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small server >>Provided it's THEIR hypervisor, which AFAIK nobody on the planet uses. Oh, some of us do use it. It's very nice actually. We just don't use it in production. ASB (My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: And then there's Oracle who _WILL_ support their database in a VM. Provided it's THEIR hypervisor, which AFAIK nobody on the planet uses. -sc From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small server Yep. Because they are afraid of the implications. I've even had vendors tell me that when their internal tech folks are running the app in VMs. ASB (My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> wrote: A lot of vendors say that about their apps. Some of our apps aren't supported in VM's, either. I still call them when I have problems, and they still fix the problems. In no case has virtualization been a problem. In one case, I had a rep remote into my session to assist, he never knew it was a VM. On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:11 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: Ok. Back to the drawing board. I emailed Kronos support and they say that TKC is NOT supported on virtual server. :-( I suppose I could lie to them and create a virtual server and install it there anyway, but it may be better to just either switch to a different time and attendance product or buy a physical server. :-( -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small server And why the hate for Software RAID? Let me be more specific: What is your definition of "Software RAID"? Window's built in RAID capabilities? (100% Software RAID) ...or... Inexpensive "Host RAID"? These are usually built into chipsets or cheap RAID cards. (Mostly software) If we're talking Window's built in software RAID, I would agree: Avoid at all costs. I have not had much experience with it, but the little I did have was disappointing... Not to mention the general dislike by the tech community of MS's RAIDs. The Host RAIDs are hit and miss, mostly miss. I have had good experience with Intel's RAID chipsets, but usually not for anything more than a RAID 1. The recent "Matrix RAID" chipsets from intel have been excellent. Also, the overhead from running a Host Raid is not as bad as it used to be. Hard drive speeds have increased, but not at the scale of CPU power. So for a "small server" like what John asked, I would definitely consider it. But if a real RAID solution was only $100 more, I'd skip Host RAID and go for it. But we all know most real hardware RAIDs are not that cheap. It all depends on what you're willing to spend. Now, if we were talking Linux, I'd be recommending software RAID over everything but the highest-end RAID controllers. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:19:00 -0700 Subject: Re: Small server > curious, why do you shun SATA ? > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:14 AM, James Kerr <cluster...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Kind of important software. I would make sure the server was hardware > RAID1 > > with 2 hot swap SAS drives NOT SATA at a minimum just for the redundancy. > No > > software RAID. Whats wrong with SCSI? > > > > James > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Aldrich" < > > jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> > > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:08 AM > > Subject: RE: Small server > > > > > > > > Sorry. I guess I should have specified this is for Kronos Time Keeper > > Central. > > > > Server hardware requirements are very basic. It has to be capable of > > running > > Windows 2000. It's not a very resource-intensive software. It's got a > small > > DB and has to be capable of allowing multiple people to access it over the > > network (via "client" software loaded on their machine) The machine that's > > currently running the time and attendance software is a P4 2.8Ghz with 2 > > Gig > > of RAM running Windows 2000. My main problem is that it's running off a > > single HDD, and a SCSI drive at that. > > Cut/paste from the system requirements document: > > 750 Mhz+ 1 Gigabyte NT4 , 2000 Server 2003 Server 1 Gigabyte > > Free disk space. > > > > As you can see it's very basic requirements. TKC has not been updated in a > > LONG time and probably won't be updated ever again. I spoke with a support > > engineer, and he said that he's seen it running on Windows XP, but that's > > not supported, as XP is not a "server" O/S, which is required for multiple > > clients accessing the machine at one time. > > > > Thanks... Hope this answers your questions WRT system requirements. > > > > > > > > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:59 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Small server > > > > Once again you give us absolutely no app requirements. > > > > Therefore the answer is: maybe. > > > > -sc > > > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:55 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Small server > > > > I am looking at getting a small server running Windows Server 2003, so I > > can > > have my time and attendance running on a supported O/S. Looking at Dell's > > Premier site, the least expensive option only offers a Software RAID5, > > unless I'm mis-reading the options. Would you guys rather have a Hardware > > RAID0 / RAID1 or a software RAID5? > > > > Any other options I should be looking at for a small server? 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