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lofty
Junior Member
USA
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 Posted - 07 August 2003 : 16:40:48
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Hey all... I'm setting up a VPN/File Server. It's a Dell PowerEdge, that comes with a 36GB SCSI hard drive.
I want to add an IDE hard drive (I have a spare one) to store the operating system files, event logs, etc, and make this one bootable.
I'm thinking that this will speed up the VPN read/write speed, because all file shares will be on the 10K RPM SCSI disk, and then all event logging and OS stuff can occur simultaneously on the slower IDE drive.
Does this sound like it will work? Are there other things I can do to improve the disk I/O speeds?
Thanks a lot,
Adam |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 07 August 2003 : 17:13:48
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Does the server support IDE ? Some of those 'better' servers are SCSI only.
You could always add an IDE controller if you really needed to, if you're busting to use the IDE drive  |
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lofty
Junior Member
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - 07 August 2003 : 17:25:25
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Yeah, it supports IDE just fine, and can boot from the IDE drive. I just have the extra IDE drive, and can't afford another SCSI right now... Do you think my setup will help a little with I/O speeds?
What about the Page File? Usually I make mine quite large, but I've also heard that you can benefit from not having a Page File at all, which I guess just uses straight memory. What would you folks do with a page file on a VPN/File server machine, that isn't used at all for desktop applications? |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 07 August 2003 : 17:59:46
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Yeah, I would put the O/S on the IDE then, allow all the SCSI traffic to come from the network.
Pagefiles are a touchy subject I'd make it large just so the machine has plenty of breathing space. |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 07 August 2003 : 18:45:34
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I don't know about the poweredge, but some servers will automatically make IDE drives the primary boot device, something you may not want. Probably this isn't an issue with newer servers.
Newer IDE drives with fast bus speeds are not that different from SCSI in performance when a single drive on a single controller. SCSI is better for raid and multiple drives on a single controller, performance-wise.
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