Re: Got my new Home Server up and running..

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only a Clariion! For goodness sake get with it you need a
Symmetrix ;o)

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Bendall" <paul@> wrote:
> > Reading the thread its gonna be about compromise.
>
> always! money no object, I'd have a mini data centre with an EMC
> Clariion and some blade servers ;)
>
> > A fast CPU with so many features is going to draw so much power.
>
> kinda...
>
> the Q6600 Intel proc is one of the newer generation of more power
> sensitive CPUs - one of the warnings I have read about them is to
not
> assume that there is a failure if the fan stops spinning, as it's
> quite normal fort he heat production (and therefore wasted energy)
to
> be low enough that the CPU cooler idles down to zero.
>
>
> > How about reversing the logic and working out the horse-power
you
> realistically need?
>
> to be honest, that's why I ended up where I am - at every
performance
> point, there's a set of compromises, and I have opted for one box
> with a lot more headroom rather than run multiple smaller machines.
>
> Ultimately, I would love to see the new super materials and lower
> micron processes used to make a newer generation of really cool
(in
> the thermal sense) and low power systems that still have the
headroom
> to be useful!!
>
> to be brutally honest, I have considered deploying some of my
older
> kit with Ubuntu rather than XP, as step for step it performs
better
> on the older kit... the only problem is a small number of apps
that
> do not work at all on Ubuntu, even under VM or Wine.
>
> I have great hopes for the new generation of small form factor
> devices (the grunt that the eee PC has is one cool example), but
for
> now I think the best platform is a single slightly more ballsy box
> rather than a few smaller devices...
>