Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4547 mails)

[David Wexler <davidwexler@xxxxxxxxx>]

As the subject of this email somewhat states, I am
interested in discussing anything about a particular
configuration. If this is the wrong discussion group,
I would appreciate someone please let me know what
discussion group I should send this to. 

We have already successfully installed Sybase 12.5.1
on SuSE 8.0 on the IBM X440 1.5GHz 8-way CPU with 4
Gigs of RAM using the FAStT600 IBM SAN. It took two
weeks and some doing at that, because of the SAN
mostly. To be honest we have not run any applications
against it in it's 8-way config, not even speed tests.


Now that we know we can install the 8-way, we are
simply going to move on and bring in the second X440
server to set up one full 16-way CPU server with one
iteration of Sybase 12.5.1 running on one iteration of
SuSE. I suspect that this is going to be relativly the
same installation with only the number of CPU's
changed, but because this system is based on a 4 x
4-CPU clusters using external connection between two
boxes and has both PAE and NUMA among other subsystems
that will become more playful than in it's 8-way
setup, I thought I would see if someoene else has
attempted this or something like it.

Basically, I am curious to know if anyone has any
tidbit's of information or wizdom that would be
helpful for ensuring a stable, safe and smooth
installation. For example, would we be better suited
with a different SuSE version or are there any
specific items that we should upgrade or look for? 

Actually any information about the combination of
SuSE, Sybase 12.5.x, a FAStT600 SAN and the IBM X440
would be welcomed and greatly appreciated...

Thank you for your time,
David



	
		
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