Hi,
I'm currently managing a heavily loaded mail server, with the following spec:
Tyan Tiger M/B
Dual opteron 240s
2X512 MB of DDR400 ECC RAM
3 Western Digital SATA HDD in s/w RAID1(reliability is critical here)
Using the onboard Gig-E which is routed through PCI, so its crap, particularly when I try USB backup, the LAN has to be disconnected, so that the LAN doesn't decrease the PCI bandwidth.
OS:Gentoo 64-bit
Since its been more than 2 years, and the current email load is like around 25-35 users each with 3-5 GB of data on maildir IMAP, both the HDD and the LAN thoughput seems to be hit, as the LAN, HDD etc on this board seems to be routed through PCI.
Now, I want to replace this machine with a newer machine, perhaps with the followin spec:
Dual Opteron 240s
Nvidia nforce pro based server board
1 GB ECC RAM
3 X 74GB(or 147 GB) SCSI drives on s/w RAID1
on-board(or add-in) SCSI320 adapter
PCI-E or PCI-X Gig-E(if possible dual Gig-E would be a bonus)
Please note that the server M/B brands available here in India are Tyan and Asus only. So, please limit your M/B suggestions to Tyan, Asus, and maybe MSI. I want the input regarding the Gig-E thoughput, does native SB based Gig-E provide around 60-90MBs instead of the current 15-25 this board gives. Also, can I use USB for backup when using the Gig-E also?
Thanks in advance
I'm currently managing a heavily loaded mail server, with the following spec:
Tyan Tiger M/B
Dual opteron 240s
2X512 MB of DDR400 ECC RAM
3 Western Digital SATA HDD in s/w RAID1(reliability is critical here)
Using the onboard Gig-E which is routed through PCI, so its crap, particularly when I try USB backup, the LAN has to be disconnected, so that the LAN doesn't decrease the PCI bandwidth.
OS:Gentoo 64-bit
Since its been more than 2 years, and the current email load is like around 25-35 users each with 3-5 GB of data on maildir IMAP, both the HDD and the LAN thoughput seems to be hit, as the LAN, HDD etc on this board seems to be routed through PCI.
Now, I want to replace this machine with a newer machine, perhaps with the followin spec:
Dual Opteron 240s
Nvidia nforce pro based server board
1 GB ECC RAM
3 X 74GB(or 147 GB) SCSI drives on s/w RAID1
on-board(or add-in) SCSI320 adapter
PCI-E or PCI-X Gig-E(if possible dual Gig-E would be a bonus)
Please note that the server M/B brands available here in India are Tyan and Asus only. So, please limit your M/B suggestions to Tyan, Asus, and maybe MSI. I want the input regarding the Gig-E thoughput, does native SB based Gig-E provide around 60-90MBs instead of the current 15-25 this board gives. Also, can I use USB for backup when using the Gig-E also?
Thanks in advance