Comments on: A Closer Look At The TTZ Server http://www.johnchow.com/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/ The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Gary http://www.johnchow.com/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/comment-page-1/#comment-29878 Gary Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:46:48 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/#comment-29878 John were you surprised with the weight of them? I remember the first one I picked up was a lot heavier then I thought it would be. John were you surprised with the weight of them?

I remember the first one I picked up was a lot heavier then I thought it would be.

]]> By: Marc http://www.johnchow.com/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/comment-page-1/#comment-29768 Marc Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:01:24 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/#comment-29768 Expensive setup, with the SCSI drives and expensive RAM, but when the RAM comes free I suppose that helps a lot :) We're running off of OSX XServes for our bigger stuff. They've been working very well for us. The one missing component though is dual redundant power supplies. To mitigate that though, we've got a low priority spare and through careful setup can swap the servers by yanking a drive out of one, dumping it into the other and powering it up. Expensive setup, with the SCSI drives and expensive RAM, but when the RAM comes free I suppose that helps a lot :)

We’re running off of OSX XServes for our bigger stuff. They’ve been working very well for us. The one missing component though is dual redundant power supplies. To mitigate that though, we’ve got a low priority spare and through careful setup can swap the servers by yanking a drive out of one, dumping it into the other and powering it up.

]]> By: Big Blogger http://www.johnchow.com/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/comment-page-1/#comment-29711 Big Blogger Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:44:52 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/#comment-29711 Nice article, but if Dell is really the industry standard for servers... I swear with the HP proliant servers. The servers can handle the load that your sites are giving ;-) would be nice to see some graphs. Nice article, but if Dell is really the industry standard for servers… I swear with the HP proliant servers.
The servers can handle the load that your sites are giving ;-) would be nice to see some graphs.

]]> By: John http://www.johnchow.com/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/comment-page-1/#comment-29615 John Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:39:02 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/#comment-29615 John, my initial reply was regected... script asked what year it was & returned that 2007 was incorrect... Anyhow, wanted to say that you setup a nice system. Also wanted to tell about my setup - It's a beast... two opteron 246 processors, supermicro motherboard (dual-core ready for when I need to upgrade), 8GB RAM, 8x 15K RPM SCSI HDDs (RAID1 for OS, 4 disk RAID10 for database & other files and two hot spares). Also got one of those snapgear ethernet cards with the integrated firewall (the version with SSH support)... not sure if I'll be using that when the server goes into the datacenter in February. I'm a bit of a hardware geek if you couldn't tell... :) John, my initial reply was regected… script asked what year it was & returned that 2007 was incorrect…

Anyhow, wanted to say that you setup a nice system. Also wanted to tell about my setup - It’s a beast… two opteron 246 processors, supermicro motherboard (dual-core ready for when I need to upgrade), 8GB RAM, 8x 15K RPM SCSI HDDs (RAID1 for OS, 4 disk RAID10 for database & other files and two hot spares). Also got one of those snapgear ethernet cards with the integrated firewall (the version with SSH support)… not sure if I’ll be using that when the server goes into the datacenter in February. I’m a bit of a hardware geek if you couldn’t tell… :)

]]> By: Another Blast From The Past « John Chow dot Com http://www.johnchow.com/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/comment-page-1/#comment-29584 Another Blast From The Past « John Chow dot Com Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:59:24 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/#comment-29584 [...] A Closer Look At The TTZ Server - This is an inside look at the servers that powers The TechZone and the TTZ Media Network. Dell makes all TTZ servers because Dell is the industry standard when it comes to servers. [...] [...] A Closer Look At The TTZ Server - This is an inside look at the servers that powers The TechZone and the TTZ Media Network. Dell makes all TTZ servers because Dell is the industry standard when it comes to servers. [...]

]]> By: Vlad http://www.johnchow.com/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Vlad Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:14:21 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/a-closer-look-at-the-ttz-server/#comment-140 Geek pr0n, very nice. I have two 1850s running my sites myself, I don't colo them, though - but host them at JupiterHosting.com in Cali. Geek pr0n, very nice. I have two 1850s running my sites myself, I don’t colo them, though - but host them at JupiterHosting.com in Cali.

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