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Posted by CoreISP on September 05, 2009, 02:06:41 AM

Hello faithful SMF users!


Simple Machines LLC is happy to announce that we just purchased and installed 2 brand new servers!
These 2 servers will help keep the SMF site fast and provide more room to grow.  It will also serve the many SMF users that come here on a daily basis. These servers are the replacements for 2 older servers which we had outgrown.

These new servers are of the following specifications:

Server 1
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
6x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

Server 2
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
2x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

We would like to thank all charter members and users that made a donation to make this possible.
Without your generosity, this would not have been possible.

Thank you for using our great software and helping to make SMF even better!
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Comments

Costa on September 05, 2009, 02:32:28 AM said:
Thank you all!

I want one quadcore too :P
islam2hamy on September 05, 2009, 03:18:34 AM said:
good work SMF.
Dzonny on September 05, 2009, 12:30:45 PM said:
great, hope that this will improve our community... :D
NIBOGO on September 05, 2009, 02:45:22 PM said:
Sweet! :)
Hell Raiser on September 06, 2009, 09:26:00 AM said:
Yippe!! :o ................

Nice Work  :)
S-Ace on September 06, 2009, 09:58:07 AM said:
ohh yeah, more speed !!!
Eliana Tamerin on September 06, 2009, 01:15:01 PM said:
Quote from: CoreISP on September 05, 2009, 02:06:41 AM
Server 1
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
6x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

Server 2
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
2x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

I don't think that's enough. :P
karlbenson on September 06, 2009, 02:58:09 PM said:
Indeed it doesn't look like much.

I've got just as much GB's at home.
JBlaze on September 06, 2009, 03:07:36 PM said:
Nice job ;D
Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM said:
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.
Forbs on September 09, 2009, 04:11:42 AM said:
Quote from: islam2hamy on September 05, 2009, 03:18:34 AM
good work SMF.
Arantor on September 12, 2009, 11:49:13 AM said:
Nice specs! Wouldn't mind a couple of those for my study :P
«Mark» on September 13, 2009, 02:57:58 AM said:
Quote from: Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.

Almost certainly RAID 10 on the first machine and RAID 1 on the second. That would be the standard setup for disks in database machines.
Dragooon on September 13, 2009, 03:23:11 AM said:
Quote from: Mark Rose on September 13, 2009, 02:57:58 AM
Quote from: Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.

Almost certainly RAID 10 on the first machine and RAID 1 on the second. That would be the standard setup for disks in database machines.
Yeah, otherwise I don't see the point of having multiple HDDs against one big HDD unless the cost is that much different(Which I very much doubt).

EDIT : I just realized these are 10k SAS drives, hm then that maybe a different story.
«Mark» on September 13, 2009, 04:15:57 AM said:
Quote from: Dragooon on September 13, 2009, 03:23:11 AM
Quote from: Mark Rose on September 13, 2009, 02:57:58 AM
Quote from: Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.

Almost certainly RAID 10 on the first machine and RAID 1 on the second. That would be the standard setup for disks in database machines.
Yeah, otherwise I don't see the point of having multiple HDDs against one big HDD unless the cost is that much different(Which I very much doubt).

EDIT : I just realized these are 10k SAS drives, hm then that maybe a different story.

In a database machine, the 33% improvement in latency over 7.2k drives is totally worth the money.
NBK*Twitch on September 15, 2009, 05:22:40 PM said:
Quote from: Arantor on September 12, 2009, 11:49:13 AM
Nice specs! Wouldn't mind a couple of those for my study :P

HAHAHAHA Yeah what he said.

Good work though :D.
Powerbob on September 16, 2009, 03:00:12 AM said:
cool 8)
kroxa on January 25, 2010, 01:36:20 AM said:
good work SMF.  ;)
Kcmartz on February 02, 2010, 01:19:40 PM said:
GO SMF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Labradoodle-360 on February 02, 2010, 01:25:27 PM said:
Thank you to all Donors and Charter Members! Good job SMF!
Arantor on February 02, 2010, 01:43:45 PM said:
Question for you, Kcmartz and Labradoodle - this topic is several months old now, why bump it?
Labradoodle-360 on February 02, 2010, 02:15:38 PM said:
Arantor - Wow, more than several, I'd not noticed the start date, just going through new replies and saw it.
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