Comments on: Overselling & You - Why It Matters http://blog.idologic.com/overselling-you-why-it-matters/2007/03/14/ The corporate blog for high quality reseller and dedicated web host, Idologic. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: webmaster http://blog.idologic.com/overselling-you-why-it-matters/2007/03/14/#comment-969 webmaster Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:36:04 +0000 http://blog.idologic.com/overselling-you-why-it-matters/2007/03/14/#comment-969 It varies depending on the size of the raid, but I looked at a few servers and it's approximately 25% for user space; that's only the user files, mysql, backups, etc. are seperate from that. Bandwidth is a little trickier, the servers are on gigE so the machines can handle lots of bandwidth; but obviously IO and CPU limit the amount we would "use up". On a quad core server we aim to keep the load around 3.0-4.0 at the busiest time of the day. It varies depending on the size of the raid, but I looked at a few servers and it’s approximately 25% for user space; that’s only the user files, mysql, backups, etc. are seperate from that.

Bandwidth is a little trickier, the servers are on gigE so the machines can handle lots of bandwidth; but obviously IO and CPU limit the amount we would “use up”.

On a quad core server we aim to keep the load around 3.0-4.0 at the busiest time of the day.

]]> By: Robin http://blog.idologic.com/overselling-you-why-it-matters/2007/03/14/#comment-964 Robin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:44:48 +0000 http://blog.idologic.com/overselling-you-why-it-matters/2007/03/14/#comment-964 "(we always keep a large reserve of disk/bandwidth to allow our clients to grow)" Approximately how much? Robin “(we always keep a large reserve of disk/bandwidth to allow our clients to grow)”

Approximately how much?

Robin

]]>