RE: [cobalt-users] Raq 4i Bandwidth Limits

["Jerry Farquhar" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Definitely upgrade the RAM now while it's still available at relatively
cheap
prices.  We have 2 Raq3i's & 1 Raq4r all have been maxed out to 512 RAM.
The
Raq 3's & 4's only take the PC100 RAM and while the price on it is
reasonable,
it's getting harder to locate and is definitely more expensive than the
PC133
RAM.

Jerry

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:33 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Raq 4i Bandwidth Limits


>I have a 128 MB Raq 4i with 20 GB of disk space and was wondering what the
>actual limits of my machine are in terms of what I can reasonably
>serve.  Basically, I have a potential account that will be doing about 60
>GB of traffic per month over the next few months and I'm wondering if my
>Raq can handle it without hurting the performance of my other sites too
>much (the total of the other sites is about 5 GB per month.)

How many other sites do you have?
I'm sure the Raq can handle it (I have a client who has a 128 MB RAM 4i that
runs an adult site...he generates about 50 GB, but he has the Raq all to
himself. It's kind of fun to tail -f the access log and see a new screen of
logs pop up every 3 seconds.)
I would upgrade the RAM on your machine to 256 MB or better yet, 512 MB.

>Are there any sites that tell what a Raq can handle?  Also, I've been told
>that one can put a 2nd Network cable into the Raq to double the
>bandwidth.  If that's true, can I put this other site on the one cable
>while putting the rest of the site on the other cable?

The only site I know of that has performance data is Cobalt's site. However,
they make the things, so I expect the performance numbers are "doctored." I
haven't seen any independent tests out there. I don't know if the 2 network
cables trick is true, I suppose it is, but I have no need for the other
network port. Keep in mind, you still have one CPU, one block of RAM, and
one hard disk, regardless.
Paul

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