We have 2 servers with old Dual Opteron 285's and would like preform an upgrade. I'm not sure where to start, these servers are for webhosting and load is pretty much around 3~5 during peak times.
We have the following choices:
Single Q9550 (Will it preform better than my current CPUs? Are they suitable for server use?)
Dual E5405's (Slowest Harpertown, is it worth it?)
If you have experience with large mysql databases please share your thoughts about a new MySQL server. If all other parameters are the same, what is better for a 6-10 GB MySQL db, dedicated server?
Dual XEON or Dual Opteron 2212 Dual Core Processor?
Also, any advice on suggested RAM, partitioning, OS, etc. are welcome. Current MySQL version used is 4.1.21.
What's a better choice DUAL XEON 2.8GHZ 533FSB w/HT or Pentium D 925 3.0 Dual Core?
View 11 Replies View Relatedif these were decent pricing for the following dedicated servers:
DUAL QUAD-CORE XEON
2x XEON 5345 (8x 2.33ghz)
2GB FB-DDR2 667 RAM
250GB HDD
THIS CONFIG - $350 / mo
DUAL DUAL-CORE OPTERON 285
2x OPTERON 285 (4x 2.66ghz)
2GB DDR 400 REG/ECC
250GB HDD
THIS CONFIG - $250 / mo
SINGLE QUAD CORE Q6600
1x Core 2 Quad (4x 2.40ghz)
2GB DDR2 1066 RAM
250GB HDD
THIS CONFIG - $200 / mo
They are all listed as 10mbit unmetered and they show the following for their providers:
Qwest, MCI/Verizon, Savvis and BTN
Does it seem about right? I'm new to hosting and just wanted to make sure that it is decent pricing.
We are going to buy 2 servers. One will be a Apache webserver (PHP, ZendPlatform) and other will run MySQL.
which one is better Dual Xeon or Dual Opteron? Below are the available options.
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Dual Xeon E5335 Quad Core (Clovertown)
Dual Xeon E5420 Quad Core (Harpertown)
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Dual Opteron 2212 - 4 CPU cores, 2.0 GHZ each
Dual Opteron 2344HE (Barcelona)
Dual Opteron 265
I want to colo dual xeon 3ghz/ 2 x 250 sata drive and Dual core 3.0 / 2 x250 Sata drive.
How much amp these server need? One colo company said 4amp for dual and 2 for dual core. Do I need 6amp for 2 servers? Rack comes with 15amp so I need half rack?
Which one you suggest for running database server and VPS's?
Dual Xeon3ghz 1mb dual core vs Quadcore 6600 2.4ghzx4 core 8mb.
different opinions on dual cpus and dual core.
But say: I have 2 servers, one with a dual CPU and another one with a single CPU but dual core. The CPUs have all the same specification (bus speed, cache, frequency, etc). Which one would perform better for web hosting (php, mysql)?
I am going to buy a new server and I am unsure of which route to take.
Basically the cost is identical for a Dell server with:
1 AMD Operton Dual Core 2.4Ghz
OR
2 AMD Operton Dual Core 2.0Ghz
What is the felling? Does the 4 cores out weight the extra 400 mhz per processor, but only having 2 cores?
The server will be running:
Windows 2003 Standard x32
Plesk 8.2
IIS 6.0 [ Application Pools Setup ]
MySQL
Microsft SQL Express 2005 [ONLY CAN USE 1 CPU/CORE]
MailEnable
Can my applications even handle/utilize four cores?
Which one is better: Dual Xeon 2.8GHz/HT vs Dual Core Xeon 2.4GHz (3060) for shared hosting with database intensive? Both with 4GB RAM.
View 3 Replies View Relatedin my experience, when I take a server with Dual PSU and plug in just one of the PSU to a PDU, the PDU reads 2 amps. When I plug in the second PSU, it still reads 2 amps, not much change. May be it was originally 1.6 and the additional PSU just added 0.4amps.
Now, if I am planning to plug in the two PSUs into two different PDUs, what should I see reading on both of the PDUs? 2 amps and 0 amps? 1 amp each? or something else?
How do you guys normally balance the power? cause I bet if I unplug one of the PSUs the other PDU where the second PSU is connected will read 2 amps. So its seems to be happening at some what random, or am I missing something here?
My .NET software requires version 3.5 of the framework. But the ISAPI module is 2.0 and I'm wondering how I can upgrade it to 3.5. Windows hosting is not my field so I am a bit lost here.
Anyone have pointers? So far I've been looking for an ISAPI module but haven't found any. The 3.5 framework is installed but I don't know where the .dll file is (if there is any for IIS).
Is there a way to update php from 5.0.4 to 5.1.4 quickly without using yum or up2date?
Can this be done with RPM? Or where can I find instructions on doing this?
I am currently upgrading my PHP on my unmanaged VPS. From PHP4 to PHP 5. I have been following the following website tutorial at nix101.com/2007/09/22/setting-up-a-secure-and-fast-php-build-for-litespeed/ on how to do it for the litespeed server of which I have got installed.
But now I have come to the stage where it says Make, Make Install. And I keep on getting the following error messages coming up
Make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Make Install: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
I have got running on it Centos 4 and I have just installed Yum to see if that sorts out the problem. But it don't.
So any suggestions on how to sort out the make, and make install so that I can finish configing PHP.
to upgrade my server to PHP 5 from PHP 4.3.9
My server specs are;
Centos 4.2
Plesk 8.3.0
PHP 4.3.9-3.12.1.swsoft
Apache 2.0.52-28.ent.centos4.1.swsoft
MySQL 4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1
I also have access to root SSH.
will "yum update php" do the trick? If so will I also keep the GD Library support?
this may seem like a strange question but what happens to your and other VPS accounts when someone upgrades part of their account? This doesn't make much sense so I'll give you an example...
Your VPS host has a nice big server with 8Gb of RAM. Currently there are 16 users on the server each with 512Mb RAM (for simplicity) therefore all RAM is currently used. Now, say I decide to upgrade my RAM to 1Gb, what happens? Do they move me to a new server? Do they move someone else to a new server? Is there any down time during this move? Would I be notified of this move?
This question is more out of curiosity than anything else and I know that the above example is somewhat unrealistic as most servers which were hosting VPS would probably have some spare RAM but eventually it has to run out.
I'm debating whether I should try upgrading php myself or if I should just pay someone to do it.
I know very little about server stuff. I'm more of an SEO guy who can write a few php scripts.
Currently we are running Plesk 7.5.4 on our server with PHP version 4.3.2. I want to install the latest version of vBulletin on the server, but it requires at least 4.3.3.
Unless there are some unforseen issues, I'd be happy to upgrade to the latest version, PHP 5.2.1.
Is this a super easy type of deal that even a server retard (myself) could handle or is it something that only an experienced server dude / chick should mess with.
If it is a good idea to pay someone, what is a fair rate?
Is there a guide available on how to upgrade to gcc 4.2.0 on Mac OS X 10.4.9?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI've traditionally used shared hosting to cover all my needs however as my sites have grown in popularity my host has suggested I should really upgrade to a VPS before he pulls the plug.
However as I've always been within a shared environment, I've absolutely no idea what sort of resources I will require. Bandwidth and disk space I can manage, but how does one work out the RAM requirements of a piece of software without prior access to a Dedicated or VP server?
Basically I need to run a Joomla install (with a forum integrated), two more standalone forums, a MediaWiki site, the Roundcube mail system and a few static websites. Can anyone point me to a resource that would allow me to work out a rough requirements estimate for that?
Luckily the host I'm considering offers an off-server Control Panel (HSPcomplete, never heard of it mind) but would I be right in thinking I'd still require a fairly sizeable machine?
I am currently in process of buying a new server for my site (Wordpress installation, 20-30k unique visitors daily)
1x Intel Quad Core Xeon X3210 / 8MB CPU
2GB DDR2 RAM
or
1x Intel Dual-Core E2160 CPU
4GB DDR2 RAM
It is 10$ more for version with dual core and more RAM but that money is not problem.
I am more interested what is better for mostly database/php kind of site (not expert but i hope you guys knows what kind need Wordpress request).
More powerful CPU or more RAM?
i have a domain with me..and the site is live..some times the HELM panel hosted site never responds..so i have a hosting panel of c panel i have uploaded the same site in c panel as i cannot change the dns frequently so can i put all the primary and secondary for HELM and 3 and 4 for c panel... do my site and mail service will work>>??
View 6 Replies View RelatedIf I'm going to be building a dual L5410 what do you guys recommend motherboard wise?
Would like at least 6 RAM slots and need a good chassis to go with it. preferably supermicro. can anyone recommend something that goes well with each other... only newegg parts please!
i was looking at the X7DCA-L but can't find a good chassis for it.
Only want 1U
Does anyone know of a fairly low cost dual power supply Ethernet switch. Nothing fancy is needed, just a simple 12-24 port switch that has redundant power features.
Our router and four little servers all have dual power supplies. Two big UPS units in a redundant setup would work great for us. The only weak link in the setup is the switch.
Just recently while browsing Newegg and Ebay, I realized I could build a great server consisting of Dual Opteron 270's to 280's with Dual HDD's, Great Asus 1U Barebones Setup , 4GB of Ram for about $650 if I went with used CPU's
Now I don't know about you, but that sounds like quite the bang for the buck. Also considering I have an aggregate bandwidth commitment, and only pay $50 per server I add to my rack, it really isn't a huge downside to say build three of these rather then one Harpertown setup.
Well at least this is my opinion. I was curious to see what others opinions are. I figure with the up and coming cloud technology, and the high prices of new technology, this would be a good investment, but do you think it is worth it to build outdated hardware? Would I be better off just building higher spec servers? How do these servers stack up to some of the newer technology? Are they still considered poewrful?
Anyways just thought I would get some opinions before I went and bought a bunch of outdated hardware
i have a windows 2003 server with dual nic connected to 2 different router with 2 */29 ip on each NIC. however, there are a lot of weird problem happening.... anybody else has this problem?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am looking at some options for a server and have a dual processor question.
I am looking at a server with two Dempsey 5050 processors.
My question is this.
Is it possible to put two Dempsey 5050 processors in a server and turn one of them off so it can not be used?
I know some are going to say why do i want to do this and I might as well explain it now to get it out of the way. My colo will not let me keep space parts on hand and I have a client that may want to single Dempsey 5050 processor in his server and I would like to keep one Dempsey 5050 on hand as a spare for my server and other servers that use the Dempsey 5050 processor. I figured if put one on a board that supports two Dempsey 5050's and turn it off it would be like keeping a spare on hand.
This is probably the wrong location for this thread but I am unsure which section it is best located at.
I have 2 hard drives - 1 has XP pro installed (master drive) on it and the other is blank and set to slave. On the blank one i intedn to install Red Hat linux.
How is the best way to create a dual boot with these machines if each hard drive has one O/S dedicated to it.
I currently have a basic level VPS and was wondering if it is wise to upgrade apache from 1.3 to 2.2 and php to 5?
I am not quite sure why do I want to upgrade when everything is already running smoothly but it's just if something better exist then why not take advantage of that?
Anyone who can advise if this is going to a be a wise move? I have quite a few sites running on php so might have issues with newer version.
Has anyone tried it yet?
Yum update =
=============================================================================
Install 11 Package(s)
Update 285 Package(s)
Remove 2 Package(s)
Total download size: 659 M
I have done a clean install but a local upgrade hosed grub. I am hesitant
to try it remotely.
After the vBulletin's latest version i had to upgrade my mysql server from 4 to 5
searched a little bit found out that it can be done through tweak settings ,, select 5 and click save then do the server software update link .
i did that
after that i checked one of the websites that uses vB
found this database error:
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Database error in vBulletin :
mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
/home/xxx/public_html/vb/includes/class_core.php on line 274
MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Sunday, May 4th 2008 @ 01:05:15 PM
Script : [url]
Referrer :
IP Address : 212.102.30.3
Username :
Classname : vB_
i went to the shell and wrote (mysql) i received this error:
[root@server tmp]# mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
googled alot searching for a solution but i found millions of problems with different specifications so i didn't want to mess it up more!
most of them talked about the file (/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock) and the configurations in the file (my.cnf)
i've been through my.cnf and couldn't find anything about /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
my server is centOs 5 32 bit intel xeon
my php version is 5.2.5
i've reset the root password to mysql to blank again through WHM
i really hope that you can provide me with a solution ASAP as my clients are starting to warm up to beat me
if anyone of you needs to know anything else about my server just shoot and i'll be here to answer
By the way
the file mysql.sock doesn't seem to be there on the server.
How many people have upgraded existing servers from PHP4 to PHP5?
Or are you not bothering at all?
We tried it on one server and 90% of PHP scripts stopped working! Some needed only minor changes; many needed more serious changes.