Re: New OpenNMS server build

Thank you Les.  I will starting building it now!



On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Les Mikesell <[email protected]> wrote:

>  On 6/17/2010 1:36 PM, Robert Rhoads wrote:
> > I just received the server I will be migrating my current OpenNMS
> > installation to today.  I was hoping to get help with the RAID setup and
> > OS (CentOS) installation.  I have read all of the performance
> > recommendations and it suggested to install the OS, database, logs and
> > rrd files on separate disk.  I am currently monitoring just under 1000
> > nodes on my existing 2 array setup.  I had to turn off thresholding
> > because of performance problems but want to turn it back on as soon as I
> > get my new server built.  The new server has 6 X 15K disk, 12 GB memory
> > and 2 X 6 core processors.  I want to make sure I have the best RAID
> > setup and OS installation possible.  To get to the point; should I setup
> > 1, 2 or 3 arrays?  Where should I put what as far as database, jrb
> > files, etc?
>
> I'd do 3 raid1 mirrors, probably mounting one as /var and one as /opt.
> The postgresql db will naturally land on /var and you can twiddle the
> symlinks that the rpm install will add for /opt/opennms/log and
> /opt/openms/share to conrol where the rest goes.
>
> With software raid I'd also do 3 on the system drive (/boot, /, and
> swap) but if you have hardware support you can just mirror the whole disks.
>
> --
>   Les Mikesell
>    [email protected]
>
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