I don’t know anything about Linux,
but in our installation I use Windows 2003 on my combined master/media server. The server is a Dell 2850, 2 x 3,6 Ghz HT Xeon
CPU’s. I use 2 Emulex LP10000 HBA’s to give me access to the SAN (2
connections to disk and 2 to tapes) and one Qlogic HBA to connect to the
library. Connection to our LAN is at the moment 2
Gbit/s The server feeds 4 STK9940B drives Except for the LAN connection I really don’t
have any problems with performance. Daily backup volume is around 2,5 –
3,0 TB from 80-100 servers running anything from NT 4.0 to Windows 2003,
Exchange, SQL, SPS, BizTalk and God knows what. I even have a bunch of VMware ESX
servers. After I migrate to NBU 6.0 I will add one
extra media server and share the drives using SSO. Windows isn’t the best
operatingsystem for have I/O load, but I don’t want to migrate to Solaris
because of the extra cost and also don’t want to use Linux because I am
the only one who knows anything about Linux in our shop. And we have to pay a
lot more for a RedHat ES server licens then what we pay for a Windows licens
(NBU cost is the same for Windows and Linux) From all what I know about performance on
an Intel box (or AMD) you would get a decent performance out of any box
now-a-days for NBU use. I would go for a 4 CPU box using Xeon
processors with 4 GB ram, some good HBA’s and some good NIC’s if I
had the money. But a 2 processor box as the one I use can feed 4 drives in my
installation without any real problem. Even if my info is from Windows, I hope
you can use it. /johnny From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hampus Lind Hi, We run all our master and media servers on HP PA-RISC
server and HP-UX as OS. These servers cost a lot, not only to buy, but also in
maintenance… What do you guys think about going from the above to powerful
INTEL server with linux as OS instead in a datacenter environment? We have about 200 clients and (all full is about
~15TB, never at one time though) to backup at one of our sites. Anyone using this type of solution in DC env`s?
Recommendations?? Thankful for advice, MVH / Hampus Lind |
- [Veritas-bu] Master and Media HW and OS.. Hampus Lind
- RE: [Veritas-bu] Master and Media HW and OS.. Johnny Oestergaard
- RE: [Veritas-bu] Master and Media HW and OS.. Scott Jacobson
- RE: [Veritas-bu] Master and Media HW and OS.. Mark . Donaldson
- SV: [Veritas-bu] Master and Media HW and OS.. Hampus Lind
- RE: [Veritas-bu] Master and Media HW and OS.. Jeff Lightner
- RE: [Veritas-bu] Master and Media HW and OS.. Dhotre, Shekhar