[BlueOnyx:06197] Re: BX upgrade path

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Jeff Folk wrote:
> On Dec 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Florian Arzberger wrote:
> 
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it]
>>> Im Auftrag von Jeff Folk
>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 24. Dezember 2010 15:15
>>> An: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
>>> Betreff: [BlueOnyx:06194] Re: BX upgrade path
>>>
>>> My server is (a lowly) Pentium 4 HT anyway, as a personal business
>>> server, it rarely even breaths heavy... besides, an in place upgrade
>>> doesn't imply an architecture change, and updating any additional
>>> software installed from 32 to 64 bit in an automated process would be a
>>> nightmare...
>>>
>> that kind of machine is still more than enough for a lot of webserver tasks
>> anyway ;)

You might be surprised at how many P3's, and even a smattering of P2's 
are running around our datacenter.  One thing I like about the P4's (and 
even more about the P3's) is that they don't generate a lot of waste 
heat.   Some of these newer multi-core jobs are like rackable space 
heaters.  And in 99% of cases, gross overkill for the task at hand.

> Exactly... Plenty for running the three WP sites and my email, the ClamAV and Spamassassin milters are quite fast. My limiting factor is more likely our business class DSL. I rarely see CPU usage over 10%, except when building/installing software... I love my HP DC1700, 3 GHz P4 HT, 2.5 GB, 4 x 320GB (SATA laptop drives) RAID 10

Send it to me and we'll fix that pesky DSL bottleneck for you with full 
100Mbps or GigE to the Internet.  ;)   (I'm spoiled... I can't stand 
being home poking along on my lowly 30Mbps FiOS.)

Slightly OT, but... Actually, we're one of the few datacenters that 
actually welcomes individual customers with tower-type equipment.  Even 
though many mini-towers will fit in a rack on their side, that takes up 
3-4U and isn't the most efficient use of space.  We have a special area 
in the datacenter with bakers rack shelves to accommodate non-rackable 
form-factors.  We've got customers with everything from Mac Mini's to 
pretty large AS/400 boxes over there.  But mostly a lot of desktop/tower 
stuff.

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