Dual Opteron Server Help
This server will funtion as a database server will that will store and select many chunks of small data at very high speeds. The hard drives will be in a raid 5 configuration with both the OS and the database being on the array. The OS will not be used too much but it will be on a redundant array along with the database. The server needs to have hot swappable drives so I am going to buy the SCSI chasis with SAF-TE The Adaptec controller also has support for SAF-TE The PSU is a redundant one because shutting down/rebooting this machine will be avoided at all costs. It is a mission critical server. The OS will be SUSE 64-bit running mysql 64bit binaries. I would be very gratful if you guys please review over the components and give me the OK to buy? I will make sure to get good PC 3200 ECC REGISTERED RAM but if you guys have any good links, please link me I plan to use Suse 9 64 bit. The server will run mysql only. How is the installation for Suse 9 with a Megaraid 320-1? Thank you! Chasis: Enlight EN-8950 ATX Tower http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 244 Processor http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef Power Supply: Zippy MRW-6400P 400W EPS12V Redundant Power Supply http://www.stayonline.com/redundant...pplies/8908.asp Motherboard: TYAN 8131 K8 DP PGA940 MAX-16GB DDR 4PCI-X VGA 2BGE 3LAN SATA-R EATX http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef Hard Drive: 4x Fujitsu MAS3367NC Series 36.7 GB http://fujitsu.pricegrabber.com/sea...85a7e32ad42cdef Hard Drive Chasis Supermicro 5 Bay SCSI HDD Enclosure http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef Controller: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120 Kit 64 bit/66MHz Ultra 320 RAID http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=16-118-014&depa=0 CDROM: LSI 64-bit PCI to Ultra320 single-channel SCSI Storage http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-120-501&depa=0 Floppy: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-103-202&depa=0 RAM: Will find 4GB of ECC REGISTERED
I wonder if you are saving much, compared to having someone like www.monarchcomputers.com build it, burn it in and ship it to you. We had plenty of difficulty getting the Tyan dual MB with the Adaptec 2120S to work with SuSE SLES 8 for AMD64. We ended up having to scrap the 2120S and go with a separate Intel RAID controller - SRCU42L. Maybe Tyan has fixed that by now - but it was four weeks of hell back in December. I build lots of PC and smaller servers, but am very glad I had our dual Opteron built by someone that does it every day. Its got 2x242's and the same Fujitsu drives. It screams. Otherwise your components look fine. But the details of integrating them all could take quite a while - I know :). Also, why would you not do a rack enclosure such as the Chenbro RM214U? It comes with 6 hotswap SCSI bays and the dual redundant power supplies. Good luck. - Richard -----Original Message----- From: Fibersnet [mailto:mailinglist@fibersnet.net] Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 10:10 PM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Dual Opteron Server Help This server will funtion as a database server will that will store and select many chunks of small data at very high speeds. The hard drives will be in a raid 5 configuration with both the OS and the database being on the array. The OS will not be used too much but it will be on a redundant array along with the database. The server needs to have hot swappable drives so I am going to buy the SCSI chasis with SAF-TE The Adaptec controller also has support for SAF-TE The PSU is a redundant one because shutting down/rebooting this machine will be avoided at all costs. It is a mission critical server. The OS will be SUSE 64-bit running mysql 64bit binaries. I would be very gratful if you guys please review over the components and give me the OK to buy? I will make sure to get good PC 3200 ECC REGISTERED RAM but if you guys have any good links, please link me I plan to use Suse 9 64 bit. The server will run mysql only. How is the installation for Suse 9 with a Megaraid 320-1? Thank you! Chasis: Enlight EN-8950 ATX Tower http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 244 Processor http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef Power Supply: Zippy MRW-6400P 400W EPS12V Redundant Power Supply http://www.stayonline.com/redundant...pplies/8908.asp Motherboard: TYAN 8131 K8 DP PGA940 MAX-16GB DDR 4PCI-X VGA 2BGE 3LAN SATA-R EATX http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef Hard Drive: 4x Fujitsu MAS3367NC Series 36.7 GB http://fujitsu.pricegrabber.com/sea...85a7e32ad42cdef Hard Drive Chasis Supermicro 5 Bay SCSI HDD Enclosure http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef Controller: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120 Kit 64 bit/66MHz Ultra 320 RAID http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=16-118-014&depa=0 CDROM: LSI 64-bit PCI to Ultra320 single-channel SCSI Storage http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-120-501&depa=0 Floppy: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-103-202&depa=0 RAM: Will find 4GB of ECC REGISTERED
I have to agree with Richard. We got an early Tyan S2880 and one of the first LSI 320-4x to ship. It took about 2 months to get this up with all (most) of the bugs worked out. If I had it to do over, I would have to be saving a lot more than $100-$200 to not have someone else build it out. Santiago Richard Mixon (qwest) wrote:
I wonder if you are saving much, compared to having someone like www.monarchcomputers.com build it, burn it in and ship it to you.
We had plenty of difficulty getting the Tyan dual MB with the Adaptec 2120S to work with SuSE SLES 8 for AMD64. We ended up having to scrap the 2120S and go with a separate Intel RAID controller - SRCU42L. Maybe Tyan has fixed that by now - but it was four weeks of hell back in December.
I build lots of PC and smaller servers, but am very glad I had our dual Opteron built by someone that does it every day. Its got 2x242's and the same Fujitsu drives. It screams.
Otherwise your components look fine. But the details of integrating them all could take quite a while - I know :).
Also, why would you not do a rack enclosure such as the Chenbro RM214U? It comes with 6 hotswap SCSI bays and the dual redundant power supplies.
Good luck. - Richard
-----Original Message----- From: Fibersnet [mailto:mailinglist@fibersnet.net] Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 10:10 PM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Dual Opteron Server Help
This server will funtion as a database server will that will store and select many chunks of small data at very high speeds. The hard drives will be in a raid 5 configuration with both the OS and the database being on the array. The OS will not be used too much but it will be on a redundant array along with the database.
The server needs to have hot swappable drives so I am going to buy the SCSI chasis with SAF-TE The Adaptec controller also has support for SAF-TE
The PSU is a redundant one because shutting down/rebooting this machine will be avoided at all costs. It is a mission critical server.
The OS will be SUSE 64-bit running mysql 64bit binaries.
I would be very gratful if you guys please review over the components and give me the OK to buy?
I will make sure to get good PC 3200 ECC REGISTERED RAM but if you guys have any good links, please link me
I plan to use Suse 9 64 bit. The server will run mysql only. How is the installation for Suse 9 with a Megaraid 320-1?
Thank you!
Chasis: Enlight EN-8950 ATX Tower http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 244 Processor http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
Power Supply: Zippy MRW-6400P 400W EPS12V Redundant Power Supply http://www.stayonline.com/redundant...pplies/8908.asp
Motherboard: TYAN 8131 K8 DP PGA940 MAX-16GB DDR 4PCI-X VGA 2BGE 3LAN SATA-R EATX http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
Hard Drive: 4x Fujitsu MAS3367NC Series 36.7 GB http://fujitsu.pricegrabber.com/sea...85a7e32ad42cdef
Hard Drive Chasis Supermicro 5 Bay SCSI HDD Enclosure http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
Controller: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120 Kit 64 bit/66MHz Ultra 320 RAID http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=16-118-014&depa=0
CDROM: LSI 64-bit PCI to Ultra320 single-channel SCSI Storage http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-120-501&depa=0
Floppy: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-103-202&depa=0
RAM: Will find 4GB of ECC REGISTERED
-- Santiago Flores Sr. Systems Administrator Iqdirection.com santiago@iqdirection.com 480-560-3151
Fibersnet wrote:
This server will funtion as a database server will that will store and select many chunks of small data at very high speeds. The hard drives will be in a raid 5 configuration with both the OS and the database being on the array. The OS will not be used too much but it will be on a redundant array along with the database.
The server needs to have hot swappable drives so I am going to buy the SCSI chasis with SAF-TE The Adaptec controller also has support for SAF-TE
The PSU is a redundant one because shutting down/rebooting this machine will be avoided at all costs. It is a mission critical server.
The OS will be SUSE 64-bit running mysql 64bit binaries.
I would be very gratful if you guys please review over the components and give me the OK to buy?
I will make sure to get good PC 3200 ECC REGISTERED RAM but if you guys have any good links, please link me
I plan to use Suse 9 64 bit. The server will run mysql only. How is the installation for Suse 9 with a Megaraid 320-1?
Thank you!
Chasis: Enlight EN-8950 ATX Tower http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 244 Processor http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
Power Supply: Zippy MRW-6400P 400W EPS12V Redundant Power Supply http://www.stayonline.com/redundant...pplies/8908.asp
Motherboard: TYAN 8131 K8 DP PGA940 MAX-16GB DDR 4PCI-X VGA 2BGE 3LAN SATA-R EATX http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
Hard Drive: 4x Fujitsu MAS3367NC Series 36.7 GB http://fujitsu.pricegrabber.com/sea...85a7e32ad42cdef
Hard Drive Chasis Supermicro 5 Bay SCSI HDD Enclosure http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...85a7e32ad42cdef
Controller: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120 Kit 64 bit/66MHz Ultra 320 RAID http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=16-118-014&depa=0
CDROM: LSI 64-bit PCI to Ultra320 single-channel SCSI Storage http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-120-501&depa=0
Floppy: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-103-202&depa=0
RAM: Will find 4GB of ECC REGISTERED
None of those links resolved for me .... :-(
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Fibersnet -
Richard Mixon (qwest) -
Santiago Flores -
William A. Mahaffey III