Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:51:52 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <Shane@007Marketing.com> To: Uzi Klein <uzi@bmby.com>, FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD hardware solution for a database server Message-ID: <BF2EC418.331C7%Shane@007Marketing.com> In-Reply-To: <43088442.7000704@bmby.com>
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On 21/8/05 11:10 PM, "Uzi Klein" <uzi@bmby.com> wrote: > > jmc wrote: >> For the best database-write performance on the DL380G4, make sure you >> have the Battery-Backed Write Cache (BBWC) option. > > Never heard of it. I'd take it as a hardware setup in BIOS? > (The server is in co-location, i have no physical access to it but i can > explain ISP sys-admin what to do if needed) This is an option on some raid cards - basically the battery protects the ram cache located on the card so it can complete the writes to disk when power goes out. I know top end 3ware cards have this option amongst others. > Are you suggesting AMD based boxes outperforms Intel based machines? > That's what I'm really interested in... I don't have first hand knowledge but the rumour is the 64 bit cpu's will give better DB performance as the DB size grows.home | help
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