Re: CVS over NFS

[david]

> [ On Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 08:27:38 (-0700), Shatzer, Larry wrote: ]
> > Subject: RE:  CVS over NFS
> >
> > I've tried to pitch a dedicated server to run cvs, plus a few other
> > lightweight applications. In today's economic conditions, that is easier
> > said then done.
>
>Greg: 
> I understand....  The basic hardware you need to probably even
> out-perform the HP would likely only cost about $5,000.  In comparison
> to the NAS and HP box that should seem like chicken-feed!  ;-)
> 
Why $5k?  Any decent Linux machine should be able to outperform
a loaded HP, I'd think.  Walmart is selling Linux-compatible boxes
without monitors or ethernet connections for $400 on up; that
should outperform an HP doing a lot of database work running CVS
on NFS.  Disk space and CPU power are cheap nowadays.

> Are you sure you want to share two highly disk-I/O-intensive
> applications on the same server though?  This "cost-saving" measure
> might cost you more than real $$$$ in the long run.....
>
Does anybody care how fast the database runs?  If so, you might
consider that.
 
> Something in the middle, or rather closer to your end likely, is
> trashing the X-face: header my mailer adds -- i.e. there's some
> non-RFC-822 compliant program handling the message somewhere...
>
I'm getting the same garbage here, FWIW.
 
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