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Re: [Xen-users] Large server, Xen limitations

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Large server, Xen limitations
From: John Madden <jmadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:54:50 -0500
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On Thursday 01 January 2009 08:15:09 am morten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> We're talking about a 4 x Quad core CPU server with 64 GBs of RAM and a
> couple of terabytes of RAIDed SATA storage.

I'd worry about your I/O with that setup if you plan to do anything 
disk-intensive.  If you're already spending on the 64GB RAM, buy SAS.

John




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John Madden
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Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
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