new server?

[strick94u]

well this weekend I decided to replace my old p3 1000 server with a new 3600 x2 amd hopefuly it will give me reliable service like my old dell 500 sc. The dell was a true server has a server works chip set but lately its become a bottle neck for my ftp site. just not sure how
depenable the amd will be. my question is how hot can I expect the amd to get here are the spec's
Msi am2 mother board
dual channle crucail ballistix ram 1 gig
pny 7900 gs video
250 wd hdd IDE
2x80 maxtor ide raid
server 2000
using my old sanota case with a 450 thermaltake psu

[Thermopylae_480]

If you were really worried about reliability why didn't you just build a true server with ECC, and buffered memory? You could have used a Xeon or Opteron. Was it just to expensive? I think an Athlon X2 should be plenty reliable for light server needs though.

[DanTheBanjoman]

A 7900gs in a server? Also I highly doubt that the bottleneck was CPU related.

[Thermopylae_480]

Yeah, looks more like a gaming rig to me too.

[kwchang007]

Originally Posted by Thermopylae_480

Yeah, looks more like a gaming rig to me too.

yeah, get rid of the gfx card and use that money to put it into something that seems more like a server (opteron/xeon with buffered memory as said before)

[DanTheBanjoman]

Originally Posted by kwchang007

yeah, get rid of the gfx card and use that money to put it into something that seems more like a server (opteron/xeon with buffered memory as said before)

A simple file server does not require a server class processor. In fact they run fine using Celerons/semprons/P3's. So unless you're expecting a very high load you won't need any new hardware.

[kwchang007]

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

A simple file server does not require a server class processor. In fact they run fine using Celerons/semprons/P3's. So unless you're expecting a very high load you won't need any new hardware.

hmm i was expecting that he was looking for a server that had more power than his current one does. i know p3 running at 1 ghz isn't slow at all, pair it up with like 512 mb -1 gb of ram and that should be a fine file server. so like i said, just was thinking that he wanted more power, oh and wouldn't the interent usually be the bottleneck in a file server?

[DanTheBanjoman]

He is looking to upgrade. And if it's an internet server that will be the bottleneck yes, even a P1 can fill up a 100mbit line, unless it's serving to many users at once. But I doubt that's the case.

My point is that a hardware upgrade is pointless in this case. Windows 2000 server is too actually FreeNAS is made for filesharing.

[kwchang007]

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

He is looking to upgrade. And if it's an internet server that will be the bottleneck yes, even a P1 can fill up a 100mbit line, unless it's serving to many users at once. But I doubt that's the case.

My point is that a hardware upgrade is pointless in this case. Windows 2000 server is too actually FreeNAS is made for filesharing.

that's what i was thinking, surfing the web or even transfering files over our network i use no more cpu than i usually do, lol. than again 54 mb/sec wireless connection isn't exactly the fastest, espically since you never can utilize all the bandwidth. and freenas is a os im guessing?

[DanTheBanjoman]

Originally Posted by kwchang007

that's what i was thinking, surfing the web or even transfering files over our network i use no more cpu than i usually do, lol. than again 54 mb/sec wireless connection isn't exactly the fastest, espically since you never can utilize all the bandwidth. and freenas is a os im guessing?

You guessed correctly. It is BSD based I believe.

[kwchang007]

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

You guessed correctly. It is BSD based I believe.

BSD?

[DanTheBanjoman]

Originally Posted by kwchang007

BSD?

Berkely Software Distribution, it's a unix based system just like Linux is. Most common are FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD, however just like with Linux there are countless distributions.

[aximbigfan]

Originally Posted by strick94u

well this weekend I decided to replace my old p3 1000 server with a new 3600 x2 amd hopefuly it will give me reliable service like my old dell 500 sc. The dell was a true server has a server works chip set but lately its become a bottle neck for my ftp site. just not sure how
depenable the amd will be. my question is how hot can I expect the amd to get here are the spec's
Msi am2 mother board
dual channle crucail ballistix ram 1 gig
pny 7900 gs video
250 wd hdd IDE
2x80 maxtor ide raid
server 2000
using my old sanota case with a 450 thermaltake psu

a few things:

*what is with the 7900 gs? this is a server, not a gaming computer. all you need is a radeon x300 or something.
*no ecc?
*a 450 watt psu? this a server, you need a server quality psu.
* ide? this is a modern server, although you dont NEED sata, it helps.


chris

[DanTheBanjoman]

Originally Posted by aximbigfan

a few things:

*what is with the 7900 gs? this is a server, not a gaming computer. all you need is a radeon x300 or something.
*no ecc?
*a 450 watt psu? this a server, you need a server quality psu.
* ide? this is a modern server, although you dont NEED sata, it helps.


chris

There is a huge difference between critical servers and a small home file server. ECC is not required at all, nor is there much of a difference between the PSU's, a standard cheap PSU is perfectly capable of running 24/7. Plus even a x300 is overkill, any card he has lying around is sufficient, it's foolish to buy one when you can use a S3 Trio or something in that direction.

For some reason people think servers should house expensive hardware, this is of course not true. Even your router (perhaps with built in print/file server via USB) is a small server, my MP3 player is faster than your router.

[strick94u]

Ha ha yes well I just have a bunch of parts laying around so I was useing the excuse of my p3 is too slow for my 12 people a year that down load pictures files. so yes the p3 stays and the amd gets built and sold or not I might just keep it


Ps the 7900 gs is just laying around

[kwchang007]

Originally Posted by strick94u

Ha ha yes well I just have a bunch of parts laying around so I was useing the excuse of my p3 is too slow for my 12 people a year that down load pictures files. so yes the p3 stays and the amd gets built and sold or not I might just keep it


Ps the 7900 gs is just laying around

you have a 7900 gs laying around? we have a pos amd pos like 533 mhz on a socket a or something like that....it sucks, lol.

[strick94u]

Originally Posted by kwchang007

you have a 7900 gs laying around? we have a pos amd pos like 533 mhz on a socket a or something like that....it sucks, lol.

I have 2 7900 gs laying around

[kwchang007]

Originally Posted by strick94u

I have 2 7900 gs laying around

i want one, lol. only problem is im two poor, and idk if our dell's pos psu can support a 7900 gs.

[strick94u]

sold the other one to my father See I just got a 8800 gts for my pc and dropped the sli 7900's
I will be glad to sell you this am2 pc only thing used in it is the 7900 and the dual channle ballistix ram

[kwchang007]

Originally Posted by strick94u

sold the other one to my father See I just got a 8800 gts for my pc and dropped the sli 7900's
I will be glad to sell you this am2 pc only thing used in it is the 7900 and the dual channle ballistix ram

lol, we just need a vid card. 7900 might out run it im no sure, it's a 3 ghz p4 with 1 gb of memory. as far as the whole pc, im too poor to buy the whole thing

[strick94u]

Put it all together last weekend and It runs great did some burning in bench marked it and it runs great 3600 x2 @ 2200 mhz 90f under a load on stock cooler, and the old 7900 gs running @ 565/685 not too bad.