boisvert.guy at videotron.ca wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a CentOS 4.5 server running on a workstation mainboard (PCI > Slots only). We have now one 200 Gigs IDE disk dedicated for e-mail > server storage. We use Communigate Pro and the server has 45 Outlook > clients with the MAPI connector (All mailboxes on the server). When a > user opens Outlook, a refresh of the local cache is performed for his > data. There is a big "Public" area (about 50 Gigs) where all the > projects data/infos are stored (all that on the same IDE hard disk). > Clients cache updates are performed on e-mail folder access. We > noticed server response slowdown as the number of user increased > (quite normal!). > > Now we want to upgrade the server to get better performance. I'd > like to know if, as a temporary cheap upgrade, software RAID with a > Sil 3124 and 2 x Raptor WD740ADFD (74 Gigs with NCQ) in Software RAID > 0 would bring a significant performance boost. If it is the case, > that would permit to phase out this server in 1-2 years and we'd > upgrade the whole server after. > > Here a the specs of the actual "server": > Asus A7V600 (I know, that's bad but it just works!!!) > Athlon 2500+ > 1 Gig RAM (we'll probably put 1 more gig soon if it can help) > System Hard Disk: WD 80 Gigs > Mail hard disk: Western Digital WD2000JB (IDE 200 Gigs) EXT3 on LVM > Backups hard disk: 1 x 200 Gigs IDE, 1 x 320 Gigs SATA, 1 x 750 Gigs > SATA --> LVM Total of 1270 Gigs > > Any help / experience would be appreciated. > > > TIA, > > Guy Boisvert > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > if you are planning to do a full upgrade ... in future .. try out zimbra from zimbra.com -- Shibu - "Quality is truly a state of mind" One error in every 16 million transactions - Mumbai Dabbawala.