Henrik is right, the 420-R definitely would be the best choice among these three - dual CPU's, dual power supplies, better network performance, ability to RAID mirror the disks, more expandability in terms of additional network cards (can even use quad ethernet cards). The SCSI disks in the 420-R usually last longer than the IDE disks in the other two machines, and the 420-R is easier to get parts for nowadays (at least in the USA).
Dean Casey
-----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:34 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Estimating hardware needs for Hobbit server
I'm currently running my Hobbit server/Apache on Linux-based Dell Dimension desktop [...] I found some older Sun hardware in the lab that I'm considering using as a replacement, but I don't know how it's specs would compare. I'm not familiar with Sun/Sparc hardware all that much. Can anyone comment on if what I've scrounged up might be adequate? At most, I'd expect to eventually monitor several dozen servers, but probably no more than
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:50:13PM -0600, Haertig, David F (Dave) wrote: 100.
Ultra 5 Ultra 10 (350 MGz, 512 MB RAM) E420R (2 - 450 MHz CPUs, 2 GB RAM)
Ultra 5 and 10 are desktop systems. The E420 is a server-class system, but all of them are fairly old - I have all of these at work, and they were probably bought some 6-8 years ago.
But Hobbit doesn't require much hardware. My production Hobbit server is a Sun E220, which is a bit smaller than your E420. And I'm running a Hobbit installation with more than 3000 hosts monitored.
So all of these boxes have enough power to run your Hobbit setup. If you're free to choose, then I'd pick the E420 - it has some server-side goodies like RAID disks with hotswap that the other two don't have. And there's room for running a couple of heavy Hobbit add-on scripts.
Regards, Henrik
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