Server Specs...

DeVore · 27-09-2004 3:56pm #1

I asked Regi for the exact specs of the server and what its replacing. Heres what he said:

HP DL380
Dual 3.06 Xeon processors
2 GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR
2 x 73 GB 10,000 RPM SCSI U320 disks
dual channel SCSI / RAID adaptor
in RAID 1
2 gig-e NICs
hot swappable drives, fans, PCI cards
hot swapping PCI cards
'Ultra2/3 HP-Backplane'
(the CPUs are 450 quid each)
these Xeons will appear as 4 CPUs to an OS
half a meg of cache on each one too

What we are currently running the webserver on:
Dual P3 733, 1 GB PC133 ram, 3 x 36 GB disks
Dell 2450

There. Join me in fappage.

DeV.

Winters · 27-09-2004 3:59pm

*fap *fap *fap

I think that calls for some fappage till we cant fappage no more.

spongebob · 27-09-2004 4:09pm

If he is running raid 0 or raid 1 then why not consider 4 x 73Gb scsis and raid 0+1 if the form factor will take it .

The 2450 was a rather low profile laddie that could not take a tape drive, I see there has been little improvement since

M

amp · 27-09-2004 4:30pm

Those that still have wood should click here. Warning! Contains isometric breakdowns of servers that may induce sexy feelings!

flogen · 27-09-2004 4:31pm

I have no idea what any of that means... but I do love a good fap.

*fap* *fap* *fap*

flogen

The Muppet · 27-09-2004 5:01pm

What no Floppy? I'd send it back.

Nice system that will make a bit of a speed difference .

gandalf · 27-09-2004 5:21pm

LOL dammit now Boards is like work, I sell these motha's!!!

Tis a sweet piece of kit

amp · 27-09-2004 5:24pm

The Muppet wrote:

What no Floppy? I'd send it back.

lol

Nice system that will make a bit of a speed difference .

God yeah, it'll horse through previous bottlenecks and allow for future gadgets and stuff.

Colour me excited.........

Now, I'll think I'll have a cold shower before I get blisters.

uberwolf · 27-09-2004 5:24pm

gandalf wrote:

LOL dammit now Boards is like work, I sell these motha's!!!

should have told the lads before now, arranged a healthy discount!!! :cool:

gandalf · 27-09-2004 5:43pm

uberwolf wrote:

should have told the lads before now, arranged a healthy discount!!! :cool:

Err this is the IT industry there is no such thing as a healthy discount anymore. Then again I do work in distribution so I could have sorted a decent price !!

mike65 · 27-09-2004 5:47pm

gandalf wrote:

Then again I do work in distribution so I could have sorted a decent price !!

Heck just make one disappear...

Mike.

tribble · 27-09-2004 5:55pm

mike65 wrote:

Heck just make one disappear...

Mike.

Make WHAT dissappear?

garthv · 27-09-2004 5:56pm

holy mother of all things computer-ish,
that is some set up
/me cums

spongebob · 27-09-2004 8:33pm

I'd say it came in at about €2.95 K with no OS but thats just a guess

. €3.5k if te Xeons have 1Mb Cache .

M

Moriarty · 27-09-2004 10:04pm

phwoar.. look at the big'uns on that..

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*aherm*

mad m · 27-09-2004 10:35pm

DeVore wrote:

I asked Regi for the exact specs of the server and what its replacing. Heres what he said:

HP DL380
Dual 3.06 Xeon processors
2 GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR
2 x 73 GB 10,000 RPM SCSI U320 disks
dual channel SCSI / RAID adaptor
in RAID 1
2 gig-e NICs
hot swappable drives, fans, PCI cards
hot swapping PCI cards
'Ultra2/3 HP-Backplane'
(the CPUs are 450 quid each)
these Xeons will appear as 4 CPUs to an OS
half a meg of cache on each one too

What we are currently running the webserver on:
Dual P3 733, 1 GB PC133 ram, 3 x 36 GB disks
Dell 2450

There. Join me in fappage.

DeV.

ok cant resist,any chance you willing to break system up,ill take the two Xeon's off your hands for 250euro...seeing as there second hand.....fap fap fap

garthv · 28-09-2004 1:04am

mad m wrote:

ok cant resist,any chance you willing to break system up,ill take the two Xeon's off your hands for 250euro...seeing as there second hand.....fap fap fap

hahaha

DapperGent · 28-09-2004 1:21am

Is the computer thingy very clever?

Beruthiel · 28-09-2004 7:25am

DapperGent wrote:

Is the computer thingy very clever?

well it's much more cleaverer than you

ecksor · 28-09-2004 8:14am

Computers are actually very stupid and have to be given explicit instructions on what to do by very smart people called admins.

oscarBravo · 28-09-2004 9:35am

Ably advised by almost-as-smart-and-vastly-more-numerous mods.

Or is it hindered? I can never remember...

DapperGent · 28-09-2004 9:38am

Will it be able to run Half-Life 2?

Beruthiel · 28-09-2004 10:25am

ecksor wrote:

by very smart people called admins.

aahhhhh
so that's why this place is falling apart! :eek:

amp · 28-09-2004 10:32am

Stone The Unbeliever!

koneko · 28-09-2004 10:38am

Winters' sig:

on "Server Specs..." (27-09-2004 17:33) "Koneko is teh sexeh "

Lol wtf?

amp · 28-09-2004 10:55am

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Jim · 28-09-2004 11:32am

koneko wrote:

Winters' sig:
on "Server Specs..." (27-09-2004 17:33) "Koneko is teh sexeh "

Lol wtf?

Perhaps someone was making a point that you are as, if not more sexeh than the server and deserved some fappage of your own.

CuLT · 28-09-2004 11:47am

Good thing the world economy doesn't rely on Administrators....

OH SWEET EVERLASTING MERCY.

Praetorian · 28-09-2004 11:54am

I cannot take the slowness any longer, quick buy the new server get it installed now! If the google ads and subscription fees aren't enough, we'll donate (okay I'll donate some money)!!

I'm fed up with boards running like an asthmatic pensioner, boards should be running like an american sprinter on steroids!

amp · 28-09-2004 12:37pm

DapperGent wrote:

Will it be able to run Half-Life 2?

If it had the optional PCI-Express cage fitted and, say an Nvidia 6800 Ultra PCI-E card, it would.

Of course this is all susposing that it has a water tight case which it would need to keep out certain... fluids..........

DeVore · 28-09-2004 1:30pm

Run Half Life 2? Jeez.... are you serious? We dont need *THAT* much power yet

Server arrived but there were issues and the new one arrives today/tomorrow. Regi reckons that the switch over will only take 30 mins as he's going to clone muppet.boards.ie over on to it.

Muck, they have half a meg of cache on each chip.

DeV.

CuLT · 28-09-2004 2:17pm

Well, as long as it has dry ice, blue lasers and an alien's head somewhere on the case it doesn't matter what the spec is!

po0k · 28-09-2004 2:50pm

I'll mail you the vinyl NO FEAR sticker to put along the rear I/O panel....

pickarooney · 28-09-2004 3:41pm

Praetorian wrote:

I cannot take the slowness any longer, quick buy the new server get it installed now! If the google ads and subscription fees aren't enough, we'll donate (okay I'll donate some money)!!

I'm fed up with boards running like an asthmatic pensioner, boards should be running like an american sprinter on steroids!

In short bursts of 10 seconds every couple of weeks?

aidan_walsh · 28-09-2004 3:50pm

ecksor wrote:

Computers are actually very stupid and have to be given explicit instructions on what to do by very smart people called admins.

Much like End Users, really...

Praetorian · 28-09-2004 5:09pm

pickarooney wrote:

In short bursts of 10 seconds every couple of weeks?

Ok, ya got me

+1 Karma points

Victor · 03-10-2004 1:15am

DeVore wrote:

HP DL380
Dual 3.06 Xeon processors
2 GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR
2 x 73 GB 10,000 RPM SCSI U320 disks
dual channel SCSI / RAID adaptor
in RAID 1
2 gig-e NICs
hot swappable drives, fans, PCI cards
hot swapping PCI cards
'Ultra2/3 HP-Backplane'
(the CPUs are 450 quid each)
these Xeons will appear as 4 CPUs to an OS
half a meg of cache on each one too

Is that all?

delly · 03-10-2004 6:59pm

The new spec is fapping drool worthy, but what amazes me more is the spec its replacing. P3's!!! for fapps sake.

04-10-2004 9:45pm

Out of curiousity what are yes running on atm ?

aidan_walsh · 04-10-2004 9:52pm

ronoc wrote:

Out of curiousity what are yes running on atm ?

DeVore, way back up there at the start wrote:

What we are currently running the webserver on:
Dual P3 733, 1 GB PC133 ram, 3 x 36 GB disks
Dell 2450

05-10-2004 9:49am

doodle_sketch wrote:

woops
:rolleyes:

Zaph0d · 13-10-2004 8:21pm

DeVore wrote:

I asked Regi for the exact specs of the server and what its replacing. Heres what he said:

HP DL380
Dual 3.06 Xeon processors
2 GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR
2 x 73 GB 10,000 RPM SCSI U320 disks
dual channel SCSI / RAID adaptor
in RAID 1
2 gig-e NICs
hot swappable drives, fans, PCI cards
hot swapping PCI cards
'Ultra2/3 HP-Backplane'
(the CPUs are 450 quid each)
these Xeons will appear as 4 CPUs to an OS
half a meg of cache on each one too

What spec is the db server?

ecksor · 13-10-2004 8:24pm

I don't know offhand, but the database server is never under much pressure apart from the odd diskspace issue.

Zaph0d · 13-10-2004 9:14pm

mysql must be very efficient then as oracle and sql server usually need to be on very beefy machines in this kind of arrangement. Did you consider buying a few cheap web servers without RAID rather than one large one to balance with your old server?

Maybe your rackspace costs were a factor?

ecksor · 14-10-2004 12:00am

mysql sacrifices actual database features in the name of speed. I wouldn't go recommending it for anything serious, and I'd really rather use something else as our backend because it can be a right pain in the tits for anyone who's used to a decent database platform. The database server isn't badly specced, I just don't know the specs offhand. We're not that massive a website in the grand scheme of things, the old webserver just croaks because the php scripts are CPU hungry things and we have far more users than ever before.

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