Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:11:49 -0600 From: chuck remes <cremes.devlist@mac.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Advice on server configuration Message-ID: <19DE779F-3568-4399-8963-D6B7F3E654FD@mac.com>
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I need some advice on building a server to run 6.0-RELEASE.
I'm unsure of what the exact usage profile for the applications will
be so I'd like to over-engineer this first server so it can handle
multiple tasks. It will run the following:
1. Several Ruby applications that primarily do I/O.
2. MySQL - database will have 6 tables, average of 15 fields per
table, average of 10k rows each
3. lighttpd web server
4. Ruby on Rails web app
5. vsftpd FTP server
Each item has a different usage profile. Items 2, 3 and 4 are pretty
tightly coupled. I project only 10 connections per second.
Items 1 and 5 will be handling the I/O. Multi-gigabyte files will be
coming in via #5 and then will be processed and/or copied by #1.
The server will be connected to the Internet via a 50Mb pipe behind a
firewall.
I figure as the real-life usage pattern becomes obvious I can break
out the server into a lightweight web-head, dedicated MySQL server
box, etc.
Anyway, here is what I am looking to build. I'm hopeful that 6.0-
RELEASE supports all this.
1. Tyan Thunder K8S Pro S2882G3NR
http://www.serversdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=MBS802
2. Single Opteron 265 dual-core
http://www.serversdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=Opteron%5F265
3. Chenbro RM312 SATA ML (Multi Lane BP) backplane
http://www.serversdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=RM31212T%2DMI
4. 12 x Maxtor DiamondMax SATA 300GB
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100719-4
5. 3ware 9550SX 12 port Multi-lane RAID card
http://newsite.pagecomputers.com/store/Product_accessoriesx.asp?
catalog%5Fname=Interface+%26+IO+Adapters&category%
5Fname=10g10c86s270&product%5Fid=881465
OR
5. Areca ARC-1130ML 12 port Multi-lane RAID card
http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sata_raid_controllers/arc1130ml.asp
6. RAM, power supply, etc.
I've read (while lurking) good things on this list about the 3ware
products and freebsd's driver support, but I haven't seen nearly as
many comments about the Areca products. I have seen the Tyan
motherboard listed as being compatible with 5.2 but no notes at all
about 6.0. Stability is pretty important to me; I don't want to have
to fight the server if I can avoid it.
I appreciate any and all feedback or pointers. If I should ask this
question on a different list (or forum), let me know.
cr
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