Joe, Thanks for the reply. I am concentrating of x64 SQL 2005 but must admit I didn't know the 2Gig limit in SQL 2000 Standard Edition. Needing...
Chaps, One thing that has troubled me recently is that when most people display their hardware configs they show a dell 2950 or hp dl385 with 4GB of...
Mmmmm, 375861-B21 HP 72GB Hot Plug 2.5 SAS 10,000 rpm Hard Drive [Add $329.00] 431935-B21 HP 72GB Hot Plug 2.5 SAS 15,000 rpm Hard Drive [Add...
Joe & Brett I do agree with you. It's all about getting the balance right. I my opinion SANs are one of the last bits of kit out there with massive...
I have recently attended a presentation by HP (+ microsoft + intel) where they were pushing Itanium 2 based servers for SQL Server 2005. In the UK,...
Yes Seagate have bought Maxtor. Ex-Oracle
Guys this is the thing that gets me. I fear the one P800 controller thing per external enclosure. Coming from a SAN background the words "single...
Joe, Sounds sensible advice as always. I take it you try and buy all your disks from one manufacturer so you can have 1 or 2 spares lying around as...
I have a general question for all of you who buy lots of hardware (which I don't do at the moment).I note that memory purchased from server hardware...
Thanks again.
Thanks for the advice Joe. Can I ask a follow up question(s). Let me say I get 4 enclosures) Would you then try and span each database over all...
Dear Gurus, I have been having a good read of the articles on this forum about hardware setups for SQL Server 2005 and the posts have been very...
Separate names with a comma.
