[CentOS] Re: CentOS on Compaq Proliant Rackmount Servers

[Ugo Bellavance]

Tony Wicks wrote:
> I run Centos on Compaq dl380g1/2/3's and Dell servers. While the Compaqs
> are strong hardware they are old and frankly the performance compared to
> modern (cheap or otherwise) hardware is not really that impressive. A
> dual 1 gig P3 dl380 and ultra 3 scsi drives get significantly out
> performed by a generic celeron with software raid SATA drives. I firmly
> believe the best value for money and performance is the Dell Poweredge
> 750 with hardware raid SATA drives. The PE 750 is cheap and installs out
> of the box (Centos 3 and 4), performes flawlessly and is extremely fast.
> 

Do you buy your hardware SATA Raid from DELL?

> John Hinton wrote:
> 
>> Robert Hanson wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings!
>>>
>>> I wish to thank everyone for their testimony regarding this "CentOS on
>>> Compaq Proliant Rackmount Servers" thread.
>>>
>>> The basics have been answered and I am grateful.
>>>
>>> Even though I can fund brand new shiny latest greatest fastest I
>>> think it is
>>> a foolish waste of money unless there is a true "need".
>>>  
>>>
>> Yup, it's a shame to waste expensive horsepower if you don't need it
>> and most web stuff doesn't use a lot of horsepower.. Buy a bit above
>> your needs. Quality over horsepower as well, has been my philosophy.
>>
>>> Is it currently worth getting used dual PIII 1850R's or should I
>>> start with
>>> used dual PIII DL380's and like 1Ghz minimum processor speed?
>>>  
>>>


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Ugo

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