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New Server

Posted by Michael Dale on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:52 AM

We've finally got all the hardware ready and setup for the new server:

Dual Althon MP 1800+
2gb ECC DDR Ram
3x80gb SATA in Raid 5 for boot, off a HighPoint 1640
3x300gb SATA in Raid 5 for data, off a RaidCore 4852

So yeah. Our new file/mail/sharepoint server!

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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 at 6:07 PM, Kitten wrote:

Just out of interest...
Is 240gb really needed just for booting (which I am assuming just means Server OS install and not much else)? Or will it also do other things like hold the mail database?

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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 at 6:08 PM, swylie wrote:

SharePoint eh... a Windows server?

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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 at 6:42 PM, Nicko wrote:

Kitten, with three disks in a RAID 5 you lose one third of the total storage space across all three drives to parity data leaving you with 160 GB in this case. Still a bit for a boot drive.

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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 at 10:21 PM, Michael Dale wrote:

Is 240gb really needed

It is really 160gb, as it is raid 5. The mail will be stored on this drive too.

SharePoint eh... a Windows server?

Of course. The current server is a Windows box too.

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On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 at 10:30 AM, Stuart wrote:

Sounds kinda nice Dale. Can't wait to see it.

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On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 at 6:05 PM, Bryn wrote:

Yeah well, one of the new 80GB drives just dropped out of the array....thank god for RAID5 :(

The beeping from the raid card can be heard throughout the house.

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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 at 3:34 AM, Nicko wrote:

Got hotswap :p

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On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 at 10:26 PM, Michael Dale wrote:

Looks like it is all working now. We replaced the PSU with something that could cope ;)

The data raid doubled in speed too. Coolies.

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