On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 12:47 -0700, mike wrote: > 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. Out of curiosity: why JFS? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B "Why do we have to hide from the police, Daddy?" "Because we use vi, son. They use emacs."
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