Re: question.. not sure where to post..!!

From: Nathaniel Hall (halln_at_otc.edu)
Date: 10/28/04

  • Next message: IT Dept: "RE: "File size limit exceeded" problem in Red Hat 8" 
    Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:52:39 -0500
To: Jason Staudenmayer <jasons@NJAQUARIUM.ORG>

    Actually, we use them for both. If the system doesn't need more than
    two 145 gig drives, two nics, two processors and (I believe) two gigs of
    ram we use the blades. If these requirements don't meet our needs, we
    buy a normal server.

    Nathaniel Hall, GSEC
    Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician
    Ozarks Technical Community College -- Office of Computer Networking

    halln@otc.edu
    417-799-0552

    Jason Staudenmayer wrote:

    >Yes that does help, thank you for clearing that up for me. I'm guessing they
    >would be geared towards "low powered" servers like DNS and not a major DB
    >server.
    >
    >
    >
    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: Nathaniel Hall [mailto:halln@otc.edu]
    >>Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:35 AM
    >>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
    >>Subject: Re: question.. not sure where to post..!!
    >>
    >>
    >>The blade servers a separate server. I suppose you could
    >>cluster them
    >>using software, they are actually separate servers. We use
    >>Dell blades
    >>at the time. The shared chassis has a built in KVM and Gig switch.
    >>Each blade that we order has two processors, two gigs of ram, two 145
    >>gig SCSI drives raided together and, through the use of the
    >>chassis, two
    >>gig nics. A USB 1.1 floppy and CD-ROM is used for
    >>installation (not at
    >>the same time). 6 blades can fit into each 3 U chassis and
    >>each chassis
    >>( on the cheaper end) uses 120 volt power.
    >>
    >>HP has a similar product, but the chassis is 6 U and uses 240
    >>volt power
    >>and can usually have 20 blades per enclosure. The main
    >>reason for not
    >>going with HP, other than power, was the hard drive. Instead
    >>of using
    >>normal SCSI drives, the model we looked at used IDE laptop
    >>drives. The
    >>laptop drives spin much slower than other drives, usually 5400 RPMs.
    >>
    >>Hope that helped.
    >>
    >>Nathaniel Hall, GSEC
    >>Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician
    >>Ozarks Technical Community College -- Office of Computer Networking
    >>
    >>halln@otc.edu
    >>417-799-0552
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>Jason Staudenmayer wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>>-----Original Message-----
    >>>>From: Dave Ihnat [mailto:ignatz@dminet.com]
    >>>>Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:34 AM
    >>>>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
    >>>>Subject: Re: question.. not sure where to post..!!
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:14:09AM -0400, Jason Staudenmayer wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>>I'm thinking the same thing. You could just get a blade box
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>but I've never
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>>played with one, so I'm not quit sure of how they function.
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>I would imagine
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>>it's a cluster situation.
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>The biggest problem with blades today is that they're still
    >>>>proprietary. I
    >>>>won't touch 'em until there's enough of a standard that
    >>>>you're not locked
    >>>>into one manufacturer once you select a blade system.
    >>>>--
    >>>> Dave Ihnat
    >>>> ignatz@dminet.com
    >>>>
    >>>>--
    >>>>redhat-list mailing list
    >>>>unsubscribe
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
    >>
    >>
    >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>Are they a cluster or can they act as separate machines?
    >>>
    >>>
    >>(just for my own
    >>
    >>
    >>>knowledge).
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>--
    >>redhat-list mailing list
    >>unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
    >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
    >>
    >>
    >> 

    -- 
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
  • Next message: IT Dept: "RE: "File size limit exceeded" problem in Red Hat 8"

    Relevant Pages

    • Setup Unexpectedly Restarts
      ... ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB AGP 8x Graphics Card ... 120 Gig Hard Drives ... Master 120 GIG And Slave 120 GIG connected to main IDE ... THen using the XP setup disk i ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
    • Setup Restarts Automatically
      ... ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB AGP 8x Graphics Card ... 120 Gig Hard Drives ... Master 120 GIG And Slave 120 GIG connected to main IDE ... THen using the XP setup disk i ...
      (microsoft.public.win2000.setup)
    • Re: No sound after upgrading hard drive
      ... tried getting help with taking the 500 gig and using it as the Master ... and using the 40 as a slave but with them being SATA Drives I couldnt find ... uninstall the sound drivers to reinstall them, I'd really like to have my ... then it sounds like you didn't install your soundcard ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.music)
    • Re: Questions for you glass-panel folks
      ... reflect the reality of flying a glass cockpit plane. ... The skill set that the FAA is ... 750 Gig HD that cost 26 cents a Gigabyte. ... one Terabyte drives available for about $240 or 24 cents a Gig. ...
      (rec.aviation.piloting)
    • Re: Partition size
      ... I have 2 - 250gb SATA drives in my computer. ... I create backup partitions of the OS's & program ... partitions alternating between the other 2 drives. ... gig in 15 minutes... ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)