Settler II has only 512MB RAM?

[Thue]

In DanQ's column he states that "Settler II", the apolyton server, is a dual Xeon 2.0GHz processor with 512MB RAM.

Why use all the money for a dual Xeon, but only 512MB RAM? I have heard in my database class (from one of my university teachers who make a living tuning databases) that the amount of RAM is perhaps the most influencial factor in database performance.

Since the apolyton website and in particular the apolyton forums are database backed I would think that an extra 512MB RAM would give a nice performance increase for a relatively quite small investment.

[Rasbelin]

Indeed, that was my initial remark when ACS was back online after the crash of Settler, but back then nobody seemed to take me seriously as usually.

[Panag]

hi ,

and then to say that ram can be cheap nowadays , ......


panag wonders if some of his ram would fit in settler , .......


have a nice day

[Frozzy]

RAM is dirt cheap nowadays.

[alva]

Depends on what ram you are using.

Non-brand RAM IS cheap, but I assume that you want quality for Settler II, rght? With EEC correction and whatnot they are not as cheap as you think.

Still something to consider, that's whare these donations could be used for.
no, I'm not giving up, join me until they give in !!!!


EDit: forget a little part

[Harry Seldon]

If we could get an address for Apolyton, we could raise our money for RAM and just mail the stick to them. 2.0 GHz is a 133MHz motherboard, right?

[Panag]

Originally posted by Harry Seldon
If we could get an address for Apolyton, we could raise our money for RAM and just mail the stick to them. 2.0 GHz is a 133MHz motherboard, right?

hi ,

can be higher , Asuka , do you have all the specs , .....

have a nice day

[Rasbelin]

No, no, no!!!

You get it wrong, Harry. First of all Settler II = Dell PowerEdge 1750 with 2x Intel Xeon 2 GHz, 512 MB ECC DDR-266, 73 GB SCSI HDD, which means it requires an additional (1x) 512 MB ECC DDR-266 DIMM memory module. Can be obtained via RackShack, I would presume.

Now, should we send a memory module by mail, Dan?

[Panag]

hi ,

what the heck , .....


that think supports up to 8 gig's of ram and only has a small fraction of it , .......

sjee , them old mac g4's in the office have more ram then that , ......

a Q , who owns that prehistoric server

at least 2 gigs should be on board

actually , that hard drive is to small and to slow also ( rpm ) , ....

, ........

would some one please point out to dell that that server aint easy to manage , ......

have a nice day

[MattH]

I wondered too. I suppose Dan knows what he's doing...

[Harry Seldon]

The board may support that much but does the OS? I may can get a discount on a stick of Simple RAM with no ECC. Want me to check?

Settler II = Dell PowerEdge 1750 with 2x Intel Xeon 2 GHz, 512 MB ECC DDR-266, 73 GB SCSI HDD, which means it requires an additional (1x) 512 MB ECC DDR-266 DIMM memory module. Can be obtained via RackShack, I would presume.

My bad; we're a compaq proliant shop. Dell's corporate service sucks.

[Rasbelin]

Actually GNU/Linux does support well larger amounts of RAM, so it should not be an issue. The server runs Red Hat Linux 9.0.

[Inverse Icarus]

he should simply set up a god damned paypal account for more ram. i think he'd get more money than greeko's store over there.

[Rasbelin]

PayPal
cheques, wired transfers, bank transfers, MoneyGram, Western Union

[MattH]

BUT WHERE TO?