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SCSI drives suitable for setting up an array

Troubleshooter24 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:15:03 +0000

What speed SCSI drives are suitable for CAD designers working off the server? How would you set them up in an array? We need 10 TB capacity.

Maximum memory on a 64-bit operating system?

ITKE — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:01:56 +0000

I need to install a new SQL server and we are buying a 64-bit OS. What’s the maximum amount of memory that the operating system can hold/support/make use of?

Capacity information on Altosoft Insight

Cgardel — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:06:26 +0000

Does anyone have capacity information on Altosoft Insight? Any expreiences or hard data would be greatly appreciated.

TPC Capabilities

Allvinyl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:18:16 +0000

As we implement SVC and migrate servers, we are trying to learn how to best use TPC reporting capabilities to get in front of capacity planning and trending. The vendor has not been able to produce a TPC SME and we don’t yet have access to the TPC shadow server the vendor is providing for our own ad hoc reporting. The standard TPC reports fall short of our use case requirements. We don’t consider a report equating to manual manipulation of multiple csv data dumps. Any and all suggestions/guidance is greatly appreciated.

Server sizing tools and approaches

Badooriq8 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:23:33 +0000

what is an effective server sizing tool/approach that will enable my company to buy Hardware that will host future applications which are not yet procured with great deal of accuracy?

capacity management planning for 30+ servers

Joseftd — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:10:06 +0000

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Follow Up to How Much Bandwidth

Blssoccer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:56:16 +0000

We are a small organization (15+/- full time employees). We currently have a T-1 line, no VPN. Last week, we experienced 100% usage of our T-1 line – first time ever. I’ve explored every alternative including bonded T-1, ADSL, SDSL, Ethernet (10 Mbps up and down). The Ethernet solution would be great but is costly (we’re a non-profit); however, the best I can do for ADSL is 10 down and 1 up. The upload speed is less than what we have now and my concern is that it will be insufficient as we are email intensive and upload data into our website on a regular basis. If I could find a 10 down and 2 or 3 up, that would be the best for us, in my opinion. I’ve checked XO, Covad, and Speakeasy. Other suggestions? Other thoughts?

Thanks!

How many servers i required to maintain 1500 concurrent users for my web portal ?

Cuteharish — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:06:28 +0000

How many servers i required to maintain 1500 concurrent users for my web portal ?

Bandwidth on Transmission facility

Ceegate — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:58:33 +0000

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Application server SW and HD in SOHO

Dadara — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:26:43 +0000

I am looking for advice and guidance.
What kind of hardware I will need? What kind of software technologies should I start looking in to? What software packages are most relevant to what I am looking for?

(I am not an IT professional and not in IT related business! )

I am looking to learn HOW TO and implement a new network infrastructure in my office.

What I am looking for is:

1) One capable server that can run up to 5 simultaneous application sessions.
The types of the applications are:
* MS windows based like MS office applications
* Other vendor?s software that run on XP and Win98
environments.
* Web development software like Flash development and
Web pages design.
* Video and graphics design that are not demanding
a real time data streaming of very fast speeds
(general home usage stuff)
* Game programs that also run on Microsoft OS like XP
and also Win98.

The server will have to run some sort of VMware environment so that WINXP and Win98 and maybe other UNIX derivatives OS software can be run on it.
Also the installation of the software should be much easier and more reliable.

2)One Raid Storage device with at least Raid5 capability with a minimum capacity of 600GB. I am looking to uderstand if I can work with NAS or because of the requirements above I need a SAN with Fiber Channel or iSCSI etc.

3) Thin client stations that have a good video capability to work with video editing, games, and graphic design. Want to invest more into monitors and less into CPU/storage. We do not want to have a CPU capacity to work locally with Video data steaming. Remote terminal setup will be sufficient.

4)Network infrastructure that can support the above. At this point I don?t want to get into the issue of Firewalls and security hardware. The issue of the Router/Hub is the main one right now.

My quality and reliability requirements are very low. My main concern is to lower the investment as much as possible. I am looking to work with Open Source software products as much as possible.

It will be great if I can get at least the main ideas and advice how to proceed further.

David