Hi guys,
Me and a friend are starting a project and we need to build a server. This server will most likely run Apache on Linux and its primary goal is to retrieve data from a HUGE database of more than 2 billion records. We are trying to keep costs down, but won't mind spending a bit more on quality reliable parts.
We need a system that is extremely reliable with 99.9% uptime if possible.
For the hard drive, we are planning on using a Maxtor 300GB ATA-133 w/ 16MB cache (about $200 USD). We are either going to use this by itself, or are going to use two of them with a RAID-0 setup netting us about 600GB.
Is this a good hard drive(s) to use together or by itself? We want the ability to execute queries to the database and return results in less than a second.
Will the ATA-133 be too limiting to accomplish this task? Are there other hard drives within a reasonable price range that would be faster?
Also, what would be the best motherboard to use? Would it be better to get a RAID controller or use a motherboard with an onboard one?
As far as processor goes, would you suggest AMD or Intel? I would prefer a processor with true multi-threading abilties. Would going with a dual-processor motherboard be overly expensive?
Other than that, the server doesn't need to be doing anything else except be very reliable.
So please, I would really appreciate any suggestions for products to use or even if there are better solutions that we could look into.
Thank you,
Adam
Me and a friend are starting a project and we need to build a server. This server will most likely run Apache on Linux and its primary goal is to retrieve data from a HUGE database of more than 2 billion records. We are trying to keep costs down, but won't mind spending a bit more on quality reliable parts.
We need a system that is extremely reliable with 99.9% uptime if possible.
For the hard drive, we are planning on using a Maxtor 300GB ATA-133 w/ 16MB cache (about $200 USD). We are either going to use this by itself, or are going to use two of them with a RAID-0 setup netting us about 600GB.
Is this a good hard drive(s) to use together or by itself? We want the ability to execute queries to the database and return results in less than a second.
Will the ATA-133 be too limiting to accomplish this task? Are there other hard drives within a reasonable price range that would be faster?
Also, what would be the best motherboard to use? Would it be better to get a RAID controller or use a motherboard with an onboard one?
As far as processor goes, would you suggest AMD or Intel? I would prefer a processor with true multi-threading abilties. Would going with a dual-processor motherboard be overly expensive?
Other than that, the server doesn't need to be doing anything else except be very reliable.
So please, I would really appreciate any suggestions for products to use or even if there are better solutions that we could look into.
Thank you,
Adam