RE: [Xen-users] Best Dell Server for a XEN dom0

["James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi Guys,
> 
> We are looking to get a new DELL server to host some more virtual
machines and
> I thought I'd ask the list for advice on which dell server people
think is the
> best.
> 
> Also general memory, IO and cpu advice would help, as in RAID foo is
bad but
> RAID bar is good.
> 
> We were thinking base line 3 disks in a RAID 5, 8gb+ RAM and a couple
of
> CPU's.
> 
> We are looking in the mid to lower end of the server range.
> 

If you want good write performance then I'd highly recommend a RAID
controller with battery backed write cache, especially with RAID5. I'm
not familiar with Dell's RAID offerings but I assume they have something
like that.

James

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