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[cem_devecioglu]

a 24*7 system with multiple disks , coolers, UPS systems, network devices and some extra will sure spend considerable amount  :-/

...................and in laywomens terms Cem??!    You know, I'm blonde and simple!!!!!!!!

you are not

You know Cem I like you....a lot!! 8-) 8-)

  

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Q: Why does TB only take a bath?
A: 'course he can't fit in the shower!

post counts are in danger warning ;D

He wouldn't dare, I have caravan pictures

.........Mmmmmm - that's very interesting

Yes, please tell more!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[Auto Addict]

Q: Why does TB only take a bath?
A: 'course he can't fit in the shower!

post counts are in danger warning ;D

He wouldn't dare, I have caravan pictures

.........Mmmmmm - that's very interesting

Yes, please tell more!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Are there any answers to be forthcoming about my original questions at the start of this thread?

I have signed the Official Secrets Act, and a lot of associated paperwork, so you can tell me.............I'll keep it secret!!

[TheBoy]

Q: Why does TB only take a bath?
A: 'course he can't fit in the shower!

post counts are in danger warning ;D

He wouldn't dare, I have caravan pictures

....and anyway, I can make my post count anything I like, being an Admin

Thats what Mr DTM thought when I messed around with his profile  - remember the time he refused to post, when he had a I Love Rover avatar

Anything is possible

[KillerWatt]

Are there any answers to be forthcoming about my original questions at the start of this thread?

I have signed the Official Secrets Act, and a lot of associated paperwork, so you can tell me.............I'll keep it secret!!

It really depends on the hardware as to how much can be stored, how much it cost to run, etc.

Buy yourself one of those cheap watt meter's that Maplin occasionally sell for £5 and connect all your PC periphials to it that you normally use.....it'll be an eye opener for you, trust me on that

[TheBoy]

Now as most of you must know by now I know very little about the electronic workings of a computer, other than it uses binary numbers and electricity, with a habit of crashing with much work sometimes being lost!!

However, some questions have been bothering me for some time now, which perhaps is aimed at the admins., or anyone really 'in the know' about computer systems:

We all keep loading more data onto the OOF, with much media linking, massive historical posts storage, along with general pictorial and written content, onto the system.  The question is how much storage can the OOF take, how much energy is used to store and maintain access, and is there a limit to what it can handle before something goes bang?!!

Please excuse me if to some of you these questions seem very naive, but my inquisitive nature means I need to know!!

Lizzie Zoom - The OOF server is a virtual server, and as such doesn't exist as a physical entity.  In simplistic  terms, that means it uses little electric (that is not quite correct (far from it!), but will suffice for this discussion, unless you want to know more).

Storage wise, being a virtual machine, the disks too are virtual. So if we run low on space, I can just allocate some more, right up until I run out of physical disk space on the physical server that the virtual servers run on.  The storage requirements of the main OOF server is fairly modest (over and above the system, logfiles, etc), as it only stores text. OOF Data is in the region of 10s of Gb.  Images - avatars, buttons, icons, logos and Maintenence Guides images are stored on another server - storage for these is significantly more.

Will it go bang? It has been through a period of instability, due to the way Linux makes a mess of handling resources. We think we have overcome these for now, though we need to do a major Linux update, which will involve a rebuild, and no doubt have a new set of hurdles to jump.


Does that answer the question?

[TheBoy]

Are there any answers to be forthcoming about my original questions at the start of this thread?

I have signed the Official Secrets Act, and a lot of associated paperwork, so you can tell me.............I'll keep it secret!!

It really depends on the hardware as to how much can be stored, how much it cost to run, etc.

Buy yourself one of those cheap watt meter's that Maplin occasionally sell for £5 and connect all your PC periphials to it that you normally use.....it'll be an eye opener for you, trust me on that

The UPS quite happily tells me the same in real biff's terms that even I can understand

OOF being a VM, working out OOF's consumption is based on a lot of assumptions, and a little bit of artistic licence

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Now as most of you must know by now I know very little about the electronic workings of a computer, other than it uses binary numbers and electricity, with a habit of crashing with much work sometimes being lost!!

However, some questions have been bothering me for some time now, which perhaps is aimed at the admins., or anyone really 'in the know' about computer systems:

We all keep loading more data onto the OOF, with much media linking, massive historical posts storage, along with general pictorial and written content, onto the system.  The question is how much storage can the OOF take, how much energy is used to store and maintain access, and is there a limit to what it can handle before something goes bang?!!

Please excuse me if to some of you these questions seem very naive, but my inquisitive nature means I need to know!!

Lizzie Zoom - The OOF server is a virtual server, and as such doesn't exist as a physical entity.  In simplistic  terms, that means it uses little electric (that is not quite correct (far from it!), but will suffice for this discussion, unless you want to know more).

Storage wise, being a virtual machine, the disks too are virtual. So if we run low on space, I can just allocate some more, right up until I run out of physical disk space on the physical server that the virtual servers run on.  The storage requirements of the main OOF server is fairly modest (over and above the system, logfiles, etc), as it only stores text. OOF Data is in the region of 10s of Gb.  Images - avatars, buttons, icons, logos and Maintenence Guides images are stored on another server - storage for these is significantly more.

Will it go bang? It has been through a period of instability, due to the way Linux makes a mess of handling resources. We think we have overcome these for now, though we need to do a major Linux update, which will involve a rebuild, and no doubt have a new set of hurdles to jump.


Does that answer the question?

Thanks TB, it does totally, and I understood it all! 8-)