Re: [debian-amd64] building a dual Opteron Server
I have
Dual AMD opteron 242 (1.4ghz)
Tyan Thuner K8S (S2882)
2 GB RAM
3ware escalade 9500S-8
8x250GB WD SATA drives, 7 in raid5 with one hot spare
so nearly same configuration you're asking about.
first off, debian-amd64 screams on it. it loves it.
originally i had an 8506-8, but they told me proper 64-bit support
wouldn't work with the 3dm/CLI userland utils, so i bumped up to the
9500S-8. it works great, now that kernel 2.6.8-rc1 and higher has full
low-level driver support in it, and all the utils work great now too. it
took a while and lots of back and forth with the 3ware folks =)
i'm using it for NFS and possibly mail. right now it's also acting as an
interim mysql server until my next dual opteron comes in.
i can't help with your specifics - i'm running JFS, not ext3 or xfs and
haven't had any need for any advanced filesystem stuff. all i can say is
the hardware works great together.
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Hans Wilmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for building a new server, I´ve made a list of hardware to consider more
> closely. The server should, mainly, act as a SAMBA PDC fileserver and
> run an ERP software which is web-based (client written in Java) on top
> of a postgres database. It has to serve about 50 users and will probably
> in service for a quite long time. The vendor of the ERP software
> recommends using a dual CPU system.
>
> The list of hardware I´ve made is as follows:
>
>
> two AMD Opteron 246
> Tyan Thunder K8S (S2882)
> 2 or 4 GB RAM
> 3ware Escalade 8506-8 or 9500S-8 or 9500S-4 (preferably 9500S-8)
> 6 HDs @ ~200GB each (S-ATA), 5 disks in RAID-5, one spare disk
>
>
> I´m not sure of the required size of the RAID array, we might start with
> a smaller one and eventually extend it later. LVM should be helpful then.
>
> Having ACLs on the SAMBA shares is a must. The server should run Debian.
>
> Here are some questions I´m concerned of:
>
>
> + How´s your experience with the above hardware? Are there known
> incompatibilities or the like? Should I better use another
> board? Faster/slower CPUs?
>
> + Should I stay with Woody or begin with Sarge?
>
> + Which kernel should I use, 2.6.x or the latest 2.4?
>
> + Does ext3fs in 2.6.x kernels have ACLs, or do I have to use XFS?
>
> + Which SAMBA version should I use?
>
> + What about 64 vs. 32 bit? Do I have to compile (important) packages
> or are they readily available compiled for Opterons? Would I
> actually gain performance by making use of 64bit software?
>
>
> Any advice on the topic would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I´m mistaken
> in general and should build the server totally different :)
>
> THX in advance!
>
>
> GH
>
>
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