Subject: Re: hardware advise ( Samba file server )
To: None <jadacuma@ched.gov.ph>
From: Gilles Gravier <Gilles@Gravier.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/28/2006 06:49:56
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If you are going to serve files, I would definitely mirror disks given
the low cost of disks these days. Save on CPU/RAM get 2 disks. :)
If you are only doing SAMBA, you don't need more than 512MB of RAM. 2GB
is way overkill. If your SAMBA file server is not running X11, you can
even get away safely with only 256 MB of RAM (NetBSD is a very slim OS).
Since you are doing SAMBA, your bottleneck will not be CPU but rather
the Windows machines you are serving on the other side. You will most
likely not get more than 200kbps on the Windows machines... so you can
easily get away with even less than a 2GHz CPU. Get the cheapest CPU you
can find. (I have a preference for AMD).
Gilles.
Joseph A. Dacuma wrote:
>> I've been asked to build a file server for some ( less than 30 )
>> Windows machines. I'm going to setup Samba on NetBSD 3.0. My concern
>> is performance, in the way of multiple users accessing to the same
>> files. So my question is what hardware would give me the best
>> performance boost?
>>
>> Currently I'm leaning toward the following.
>>
>> Processor: Intel Xeon 2.8 - 3.4GHz 800MHz 2MB L2 cache Xeon Processor
>> Memory: 2 GB PC2-3200 ECC DDR2 RDIMM
>> Controller: Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI Controller ( not sure about
>> raid at this point )
>> Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet
>> Disk: (2) 146GB 15K U320 SCSI
>>
>> thanks
>>
>
> Samba doesn't do so much CPU processing. Unless you intend to run other
> processor intensive services.
>
> As for the disk size, youre the best person to decide on that. We have no
> idea what is "sufficient" for your present and future needs.
>
> HTH,
>
> Joseph
>
>
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If you are going to serve files, I would definitely mirror disks given
the low cost of disks these days. Save on CPU/RAM get 2 disks. :)<br>
<br>
If you are only doing SAMBA, you don't need more than 512MB of RAM. 2GB
is way overkill. If your SAMBA file server is not running X11, you can
even get away safely with only 256 MB of RAM (NetBSD is a very slim OS).<br>
<br>
Since you are doing SAMBA, your bottleneck will not be CPU but rather
the Windows machines you are serving on the other side. You will most
likely not get more than 200kbps on the Windows machines... so you can
easily get away with even less than a 2GHz CPU. Get the cheapest CPU
you can find. (I have a preference for AMD).<br>
<br>
Gilles.<br>
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Joseph A. Dacuma wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I've been asked to build a file server for some ( less than 30 )
Windows machines. I'm going to setup Samba on NetBSD 3.0. My concern
is performance, in the way of multiple users accessing to the same
files. So my question is what hardware would give me the best
performance boost?
Currently I'm leaning toward the following.
Processor: Intel Xeon 2.8 - 3.4GHz 800MHz 2MB L2 cache Xeon Processor
Memory: 2 GB PC2-3200 ECC DDR2 RDIMM
Controller: Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI Controller ( not sure about
raid at this point )
Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet
Disk: (2) 146GB 15K U320 SCSI
thanks
</pre>
</blockquote>
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Samba doesn't do so much CPU processing. Unless you intend to run other
processor intensive services.
As for the disk size, youre the best person to decide on that. We have no
idea what is "sufficient" for your present and future needs.
HTH,
Joseph
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