From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 21 06:49:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A79621065678 for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 06:49:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B3B28FC0A for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 06:49:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so2532900wah.3 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 23:49:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=vM8wJ/EAZkRGsaBjkVCB3pcUyTz1DIPGHi7nXdqAmvI=; b=aYBLeAwj5zobsjmJlHVFhDLmWGOgcW+a3FFDEcRjNLmrKKqi8DQOQQG48ol1FJNqM+kLTuifvq8mjz9MILqDemakrClt4Ce5IY1jSdLti/Zxdy5mxNEcUookSo2xAnEvtKbqt2dDfudlp517May8WYghCHVWJlHl3Z1Yc8eIZvQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=ArEofkoDjQuL/pik+7GSgWxGG2bJ0de7XGuINGzV7aVe3AGD1D1WuVkuR4wPtVH76NKyACaBCUnZPrI2nURMfd3luLfn6Gg+Sn+t0ZggcDIx7s2M0wgoEnwa+WJ81B7Ufu9U7f9ZF67aE5IgkrNJqls93rX7TBT/NIHVJRgz9zY= Received: by 10.114.60.19 with SMTP id i19mr9881085waa.170.1211352591129; Tue, 20 May 2008 23:49:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.102.13 with HTTP; Tue, 20 May 2008 23:49:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0805202349sf97edd1t4d6c49404de5ab26@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 08:49:51 +0200 From: VeeJay To: maanjee@gmail.com, FreeBSD-Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Your suggestions about this Dell configuration? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 06:49:51 -0000 Hello friends, My employer is buying this Dell server and I would like to have your opinio= n about the configuration. Requirements are: 2 Websites with 3-4 million hits per month with video ads. Operating System: *FreeBSD AMD64 7-STABBLE* Database: *PHP+MySQL with Apache* Server Configuration: *PowerEdge=99 6850 SCSI* Dual Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 7130M, 3.2GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 800Mhz FS= B 1x Additional Dual Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 7130M, 3.2GHz, 8MB L3 Ca= che, 800MHz FSB 16GB 400MHz Dual Rank DDR2 Memory (8X2GB) C5 Drives attached to embedded PERC4ei, RAID 10 PERC 4/DC RAID controller (128MB cache) (1 intern and 1 extern Channel) (Should I use controller with Both Internal or Both External Channel? What they do?) 5 x 146GB SCSI Ultra320 (15000rpm) 1'' 80 pin harddrives Chassis with support for 3.5'' SCSI Hard Drives Dell Remote Access Card 4 SERVER MANAGEMENT CARD (I will have hot swappable drives & chassis) Thank you in advance. --=20 Thanks! BR / vj