New Dell 2650 notes from the field?

[Kyle McPeek]

If I were setting up the machine now I would start with 4.9.  Then let it
run 'make -j x buildworld' in a loop for 24-48 hours, over a weekend if
possible.  Let x be 8-12.

If you are running a raid subsystem then pull a drive out during that time
an put it back.  The card should rebuild the array.  I have replaced two
drives so far and not lost any uptime or had any problems.

In short, install something then try to break it by beating on it as much
as possible for a few days.

kyle.

On Wed, 26 May 2004, Gerald wrote:

> On Wed, 26 May 2004, Kyle McPeek wrote:
>
> > I am running 4.8-STABLE from Feb 20 on a dual 2.2GHz Dell 2650 with 2GB
> > of memory.  This machine is a production PostgreSQL server that maintains
> > 100+ connections.  I have enabled Hyperthreading and SMP.
>
> This is exactly what I was hoping to hear. Kyle what are your plans or
> thoughts on moving to 4.9 or higher currently? Any tests so far on that
> box or another 2650 with 4.9 up & SMP?
>
> In answer to Simon's E-mail, I don't currently have the time to just test
> it and see if it breaks. By the time we have all of the software
> configured and up ready to load test a setback will put us back another
> week in reinstalling everything. Never mind that on the recent Compaq that
> had trouble (running 4.8 with SMP) it would take 48 to 72 hours for the
> problem to show up. I don't have a spare 2 weeks to just try. I also don't
> want to make a bad impression with this large account for any reason.
>
> Thanks for the feedback,
>
> Gerald
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