Re: Fedora on servers

From: bill (bill_at_ycc.com)
Date: 01/05/05

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    Ow Mun Heng wrote:

    >Truly Wow then.. I didn't know you could bind all 4 and get a large
    >throughtput. But hey, doesn't that mean that you would need a GiG Switch
    >to realise that speeds or is it that it means 4 diff RJ45s into 4 diff
    >ports on the switch? I think that's it.
    >
    >
    The technique used 4 ports on a switch. That was back when Gig switches
    cost as much as a late model used car. Folks used 100mbps switches
    instead and used port aggregation to boost performance.

    >Some ppl argue that software RAID, (not via BIOS) but via LInux Software
    >RAID is a good _enough_ alternative for something like a small SMB
    >server.
    >
    >
    This almost qualifies as a philosophical issue. If your data is
    important, then you want to protect it. Hardware RAID is the best
    protection you can get. The data on the drives is owned by the
    controller, not the O/S. The controllers firmware is relatively immune
    to corruption, and consequently isn't as vulnerable to a glitch as what
    the O/S provides. Hardware raid has been perfected over the years and
    its as bullet proof as anything can be in the computer business.
    Software raid may be good too, but hardware raid is simply better IMHO.

    >What's thei buffer? Is the the RAM? I've not seen any options for 32k.
    >(only like 16MB/32MB/64MB)
    >
    >
    Sorry - I meant 32M of RAM. I haven't seen a mobo with any more than
    32M, but if more were available, I wouldn't use it because 32M gives me
    the 1024x768 at max color depth I need to run a descent X server. The 8M
    default that I've seen is incompatible with an X server, and lots of
    folks on this list with X problems can probably trace it back to not
    having set up their BIOS appropriately BEFORE installing the O/S.

    >You might have just won me over with that statement. (at least for SMB
    >servers)
    >
    >
    Intel messed up big time, in my opinion, when they put a flawed product
    on the market allowing and even forcing folks to use an alternative. Its
    to AMD's credit that they had that alternative waiting. Now, I use
    either manufacturer interchangeably relying on whatever criteria is
    important - Money, performance, client preference, etc.

    Bill 

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