On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Phillip Hellewell <[email protected]>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 a for sure. > A rackmount server sounds neat, so I'll keep that in mind. Do they run > quieter too? I don't know about ATOM, but as long as there are no > program compatibility issues I guess I should be open to that. > Rackmount servers are generally assumed to be in a server room, so you have to be very careful if you want it to be low noise. If volume is a concern and you want rackmount, I'd investigate Atom processors or chassis that are 3-4U without redundant power supplies. > 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? > You only *need* SSDs if you need over a couple hundred sustained iops. They are a whole lot faster (lower latency, higher throughput...), though. And yes, modern OSes will use your unallocated ram as a file cache. 10k RPM drives are really a niche market. I'd recommend going with sub 7200 rpm drives if you can, as they'll run cooler and cheaper. 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 do that).
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