Have you guys look at the specs for the monster that is powering this forum?

QUOTE Our forum server features:

Dual AMD Opteron 242 processors

36GB Maxtor Atlas™ 15K SCSI Hard Drives

Ultra320 SCSI two-channel controller

8GB ECC RAM

Dual Gigabit Ethernet NICs

64-bit Linux Operating System (see below)

1U height, rack mount compact chassis



Wow... now lets us try to stress test this beast!

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well it says 36GB Maxtor Atlas™ 15K SCSI Hard Drives...so i assume it's more than just one HDD
maybe they have a NAS or something, too

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They're probably running a RAID 5 array with the drives...

that's just my guess.

cheers,

dave

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Well this forum sure seems zippy compared to some others! I remember reading some reviews where dual opterons were stressed running a forum with like 1000 posts per second or something in this benchmark....



I highly doubt we'll be able to make this system sweat

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not a chance...

but, it's good to know the horsepower is there...all we need now is an AMD sponsored HL/CS/RTCW:ET server!

cheers,

dave

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I'd volunteer to administer that system.

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I'd like to see an 8-Way 844 Server tho

Until now seems to run VERY FAST.....
Lets stress a litle more.....

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Ur damn right it's fast...as soon as I click on Submit Reply it's already there

As many users - member are online at the same time as Stress we put on the Server....
But still is going VERY Fast Compared with other Servers on the NET....

Also Linux64 Just LOVE Opterons

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QUOTE (Ruzhyo @ Oct 8 2003, 10:27 PM) Well this forum sure seems zippy compared to some others! I remember reading some reviews where dual opterons were stressed running a forum with like 1000 posts per second or something in this benchmark....



I highly doubt we'll be able to make this system sweat
how are we gonna make 1000 posts a second anyway?

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It seems fast even on my dial-up
Can't wait for DSL

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QUOTE (Support 1 @ Oct 9 2003, 10:04 AM) The system specs displayed on the Site Sponsors page is for each server. Currently there are 2 servers configured for primary and failover. Therefore, if one server goes down, the other will take over. There are also 2 drives in each system in case 1 drive fails the 2nd will take over.

Our sponsors have been very good in helping us set up powerful systems to bring you this forum.

Enjoy the forums.
Wow, 2?? Thanks for the information!

yup ... thanks 4 the info dude

suse linux enterprise server 8 is good choice ... more powerful than other the NET server ...

i a good collaboration between amd and linux

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