Move to 6.5/Open Office

[Randy Grein]

You've probably heard me say this before Renee, but a 3 drive RAID  
system will be 50% faster than a mirrored pair but with only 2/3 the  
write speed. I've had to upgrade a number of systems where performance  
appears adequate initially only to fall flat during significant events  
- incoming mail floods, system restores, database maintenance, etc. By  
acceptable I mean unusable, and the window of unusable can be however  
long the hogging process takes. Save yourself some grief, get an extra  
drive and configure them as RAID 10. Read performance will be 1/3  
faster than your proposed system but writes will be 3 times faster.

Like the idea of using Retain & Reload. We used Reload for a while,  
but the boss insisted we put it on some unsupported junk we couldn't  
keep running. When the hardware worked it was great; I'd get it again  
in a heartbeat.

Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA

On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Renee Hunter wrote:

> You're right about TandC needing to be on Linux so will be putting  
> that on another server.
>
> Yes, I am looking at a dual core processor (HP DL320 G5 - 3 500GB  
> hard drives with one spare).
>
> Also, planning to use GWAVA Retain and Reload on a Linux server.
>
>
>
>>>> Robrinsky at roillc.com 3/20/2009 2:43 PM >>>
> Renee,
>
> Teaming and Conferencing is Linux only - at least I think it is - I
> haven't had the opportunity to implement it myself.
>
> If you are going to put Groupwise on its own Netware 6.5 server, I
> wouldn't expect that you would see much benefit from using multiple
> processors, especially since you will probably be getting a dual core
> (at a minimum) processor to start with. Generally with Netware, I  
> would
> not go above 4GB of RAM, and these days I would not install less than
> 2GB.
>
> As for your disk array, there are a lot of variables to consider and
> others are much more qualified to answer this. How much storage do you
> need? Will you be using a SAN? How heavy is the workload on the  
> server?
> What is your budget? I think we see an improvement in performance of
> RAID 5 as you increase the number of disks. RAID 10 is fast, but
> expensive because you are cutting your storage in half in order to
> implement it. Perhaps Randy Grein (I think it's Randy) can offer  
> better
> guidance here.
>
> Robert W. Obrinsky
> President
> Robert Obrinsky Industries, LLC
> 1908 SE 45th Avenue
> Portland, OR 97215
> 503.719.4387 (Office)
> 203.273.7012 (Mobile)
>
>
>>>> "Renee Hunter" <Renee at wfse.org> 3/20/2009 2:02 PM >>>
> ** High Priority **
>
> Planning a move to OpenOfficeSuite (GW8 and Zen7, possibly including
> Teaming+Conferencing) and putting on its own Netware 6.5 server.
>
> Looking for a recommendation on memory, RAID, and processors (1 or 2)
> and any other input.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Reneé Hunter, Information/Network Systems Administrator
> Washington Federation of State Employees
> 1212 Jefferson St SE, Ste 300
> Olympia, WA  98501-2332
> 360-352-7603 X646
>
>
>
>
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