Re: [uug] Advice for a new server

2013-01-06 Thread Phillip Hellewell
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 04:16:56PM -0700, Steve Meyers wrote: > However, the only reason I'd get something besides an SSD for your > server these days are if you need lots of space. You may not need > the performance, but they are silent and cool. Ok, I think you've got me convinced. Silent and

Re: [uug] Advice for a new server

2013-01-06 Thread Phillip Hellewell
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 12:58:45PM -0700, David Hilton wrote: > > It doesn't seem like you have a firm idea of what you want this system to > do. Perhaps you should define what you need it to do, and what you think > it would be cool for it to do (as well as how likely it is that you'd > actually

Re: [uug] Advice for a new server

2013-01-06 Thread Steve Meyers
On 1/6/13 12:40 PM, Phillip Hellewell wrote: It sounds like a mix of SSD and regular HD could be smart, but if I have plenty of RAM and a few HDs with RAID, do I really need SSD? BTW, can anyone tell me why 10,000 RPM SATA drives are so much more expensive than 7200 RPM? It depends on your use

Re: [uug] Advice for a new server

2013-01-06 Thread David Hilton
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Phillip Hellewell wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 02:39:32PM -0700, Steve Meyers wrote: > > swap SAS, etc. As someone else mentioned, IPMI is a great thing to > > have, and they should all support it. > > Thanks for the great suggestions so far everyone. IPMI is

Re: [uug] Advice for a new server

2013-01-06 Thread Phillip Hellewell
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 02:39:32PM -0700, Steve Meyers wrote: > swap SAS, etc. As someone else mentioned, IPMI is a great thing to > have, and they should all support it. Thanks for the great suggestions so far everyone. IPMI is a for sure. A rackmount server sounds neat, so I'll keep that in mi