For those of you who haven't been around a while, several years back the daCharts hosted server was tight on disk space and I offered to host that part which wasn't accessed frequently (the archives). So I grabbed an old Pentium 133 off the pile, put Linux on it, did "some" configuration, put it on my DSL and off we went. The usage on the archives server has risen steadily and nearly exponentially, and its time for a new box (4). Here are the facts for those interested. Note that I never buy the newest or fastest because I'm not willing to pay the price premium. I'm estimating a 50x - 100x performance improvement.
Scylnx
Component |
Old |
New |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Pentium 133 | Semperon 3100 Socket 754 (3) |
| Memory | 64mb PC133 | 512mb 3200 DDR |
| Hard Drive | 8.4gb | 200gb |
| Video Card | cheap | cheap (1) |
| Monitor | none (shared actually) | none (shared actually) (2) |
| Optical Drive | CD-ROM | 16x multi-mode DVD burner |
| Operating System | Linux RedHat 7.3 | Mandrake/Mandriva LE 2005 |
Notes:
1) cheap video card as server runs in text mode, no GUI
2) no dedicated monitor, as use SSH to display remote console
3) socket 754 upgradeable to Athlon64 series CPU
4) Archives web statistics for April 2005 were approx 70K page views (hits
higher) and 14GB data transfer
Let's see ... the knee bone is connected to the shin bone .... no, that's not right ... the framistat plugs into the whatchamacallit .... that's it!
Last updated 09/27/2005