Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:05:40 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Affect of CPU/Bus speed on disk performance Message-ID: <20011205070545.678D837B419@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20011204234325.A58051@polands.org> References: <20011204234325.A58051@polands.org>
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On Wednesday 05 December 2001 6:43 am, Doug Poland wrote: > Hi, > > I'm building a file server for a small windows network (Win2K clients) > whose only purpose in life will be to serve up samba file requests. > The NIC's involved are all Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ using a SMC 10/100 > switche. > > Given that, I'd like general guidance on how CPU/Bus speed will affect > access on the samba server. For simplicty sake, let's say I've got > a single 9.1GB, 7200RPM SCSI drive on the server with an Adaptec 2940UW > host adapter in a Pentium 133MHz box. Would this CPU/bus be the > bottleneck? If I wanted better performance, would it be better to > buy a 10,000 or 15,000 RPM drive or move up in processor speed? > Or maybe in this configuration the 100Mbit network is the bottleneck? > > My feeling is that even a modest CPU will spend most of it's time > waiting for the fastest disk. So if I'm on a limited budget, the most > bang for the buck would be to buy the fastest disks I can, and RAID them. > If I need better performance, what would be the next component to upgrade? > Gigabit NICs and switch? New MOBO/CPU? > > Many thanks for your thoughts and advice. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/appb_03.html. -- Life is the living you do, Death is the living you don't do. -- Joseph Pintauro To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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