Hardware and storrage solution ?

darkm4n · Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 9

Hi ,

Useing your Xfilesharing pro i'am opening a site that will handle about 5000 visitors per day , about the storrage ... i don't know ... i will aim at about 40Tb in Raid 1 ( so 20 Tb left ) .

I'am searching for a good hardware solution to host this . Is this script capable of that much traffic ? Bandwitdth is not a problem , i have multiple gigabit direct link's as well as /21 ip's and AS number .

What i thinked of :

Buy one dual quad core , 16 gb ram Dell Poweredge 2950 server with SAS 15K drives ( raid 1 ) for the main OS and database .

Buy multiple Dual core computers , each one with multiple PCI raid controller for storage .

Dedicated storage solution is not considered due to high price .

Any suggestions ? I'am new to this hosting thing .. i'am specialized in networking / ip routeing .

Thanks !

sherayusuf3 · Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 88 Location: Jakarta Indonesia

hello

my reference is:

1. for upload server or www server:
Intel Core2Duo With 8 Gb ram with raid 1

2. for File Server:
Intel dual core or more 4 Gb Ram with Raid 1, 4 Tera one server

This My Design

Hendrickson · Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts: 90

Do you mean 50,000 users a day? Because an entry level quad core machine with 8GB ram or less spec can handle 5,000 users..very easy.

darkm4n · Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 9

Thanks for you answers !

For the filesharing server's , the 7200rpm HDD are enought ? Or i need to have 10K or 15K hdd's to handle the traffic ?

Sorry for my mistake , 50,000 users Smile

sherayusuf3 · Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 88 Location: Jakarta Indonesia

[quote="darkm4n"]Thanks for you answers !

For the filesharing server's , the 7200rpm HDD are enought ? Or i need to have 10K or 15K hdd's to handle the traffic ?

Sorry for my mistake , 50,000 users Smile

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how about your budget?, my server using 2 1.2 Tb Hardisk 7200 Rpm with raid 1
better perfomance (Read and write) using 15k HDD for large traffic

chrda · Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 227

I currently using a fileserver with this spec:

X8SIL-F mainboard
Quadcore Xeon X3430 2.4GHz
12GBRAM
16x1TB SATAII WD Caviar Raid Edn
ARC-1680ix-12 16 port raid controller
32GB SSD Os Disk

Raidsetup is Raid10 so about 7Tb space

This setup should handle 1-4 Gbit links
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And i am planning to get a
quad core
8-12Gb ram
4xSAS 15k HD in HW Raid 10

as web and database server

should be enough for a while Smile

ankurs · Joined: 10 Mar 2009 Posts: 514

^ how much does that setup cost ?

chrda · Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 227

Fileserver cost me abour 4000€, i actually bought it.
Then i colo it.
Cost about 500-600€ to rent i guess.

The main server will cost about 200-300€ to rent i guess.
Maybe ill buy it