Hi @all, I was searching the web whole the day to find some preconfigured Astaro Appliances that meet my requirements for further testing. Now I'm wondering why: 95 % of the preconfigured appliances base on poor IDE / SATA1 HDDs, often only one HDD is built in. Most only have one powersupply, no ECC RAM, ... --> no redundancy [8-)] Most of the appliances are not very powerfull. In my headoffice I only have ~30 users but they are all powerusers. In addition there are some thousand mails a day and a huge amount of other connections from IM over Database-Connections to XML-RPC Connections f self written tools. I can't imagine that a weak Celeron / PIV with 1 GB RAM can handle this... [LIST=1] Do you know resellers which sells appliances built on hih-quality, redundant hardware? Do you think it would better to build my own Gateway based on my favorite Hardware (HP DL Series, 1 dual core opteron, 2 - 4 GB RAM, 2xSCSI in Raid 1) Would you prefer a HA Concept with two appliances? I think the one mentioned HP-server would be more stable and better performing than two appliances... When do you think will version 7 be released? [/LIST] Best regards from germany Daniel

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Hi @all,

I was searching the web whole the day to find some preconfigured Astaro Appliances that meet my requirements for further testing.

Now I'm wondering why:

95 % of the preconfigured appliances base on poor IDE / SATA1 HDDs, often only one HDD is built in. Most only have one powersupply, no ECC RAM, ... --> no redundancy [8-)]
Most of the appliances are not very powerfull. In my headoffice I only have ~30 users but they are all powerusers. In addition there are some thousand mails a day and a huge amount of other connections from IM over Database-Connections to XML-RPC Connections f self written tools. I can't imagine that a weak Celeron / PIV with 1 GB RAM can handle this...

[LIST=1]

Do you know resellers which sells appliances built on hih-quality, redundant hardware?
Do you think it would better to build my own Gateway based on my favorite Hardware (HP DL Series, 1 dual core opteron, 2 - 4 GB RAM, 2xSCSI in Raid 1)
Would you prefer a HA Concept with two appliances? I think the one mentioned HP-server would be more stable and better performing than two appliances...
When do you think will version 7 be released?

[/LIST]

Best regards from germany

Daniel

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0 Simon Shaw over 19 years ago

If you have the money, go for it.

I run 50 power users fine on an AMD Athlon 2500+
60GB HDD
1GB RAM
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0 mastercane over 19 years ago in reply to Simon Shaw

If you have the money, go for it.

I run 50 power users fine on an AMD Athlon 2500+
60GB HDD
1GB RAM

HP servers are not so expensive if you buy via HP Renewal Program. Most hardware is less than 1 year old and has full HP guaranty. Availability is very important for me because I have a big amount of DMZ-Systems where Customers and Partners need 24/7/365 access!

This server for example costs 1400 €:

HP DL360G4p 3,2Ghz, 2GB, RPS, SAS

1U Rack-Server
1x Intel Xeon 3,2 GHz (max. 2 CPU's)
2 GB (2x 1024 MB) PC3200 DDR2 SDRAM (max. 12 GB)
Smart Array P600 Controller + 256MB BBWC
NC7782 Dual Port PCI-X 10/100/1000-T NIC , iLO
4x SFF HDD, 2x PCI-X (64 bit/133 Mhz)
24x CD-ROM
red. Fans, red. Power-Supply
3 years NBD

Regards
Daniel
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0 VelvetFog over 19 years ago in reply to mastercane

We use a $500 clone box with an Athlon CPU, and three Intel 100pro cards.
It serves our office with more than 50 PCs very well.
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0 VelvetFog over 19 years ago in reply to mastercane

We use a $500 clone box with an Athlon CPU, and three Intel 100pro cards.
It serves our office with more than 50 PCs very well.
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