Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:35:17 -0500
Reply-To: "Pierce, John D" <jdpierce@KPMG.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: "Pierce, John D" <jdpierce@KPMG.COM>
Subject: Re: Is Gerry Really Dead?
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I would rather pitch in few bucks than be subjected to any more
advertisements.
Just my $.02
John Pierce,
Plano, TX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marshall [SMTP:vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 10:14 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Is Gerry Really Dead?
>
> Here is the situation:
>
> Gerry has Dual P90 CPUs - when it is doing LISTSERV the utilization is [on
> both CPUs] 75% or so. When doing a web search [both CPUs] it is pegged to
> 100% and it can usually never get the job done - thus times out.
>
> There is 64MB on Gerry - there is on average 75 to 100 page faults per
> second so we need more memory.
>
> The solution is a faster box.
>
> Another thing that bothers me is that there is no RAID array - which means
> if that hard drive dies - that's it! At volkswagen.org I am running two
> mirrored drives (RAID1) and I have had the unfortunate luck of one of
> those
> drives dieing (Western Digital) - the server kept on going even with a
> dead
> hard drive - 10 minutes of down time to replace the drive and away it
> went.
>
> I see lots of good reasons why we should upgrade Gerry - Y2K is another
> issue as someone will have to set the clock on January 1 for it to
> function
> correctly - not a big issue but an issue none the less.
>
> When I get to work this afternoon I will put together a system spec and
> our
> (ABC Communications) cost pricing on this box - I will also approach our
> distrubutor and see if they can do anything on the price - anyone object
> to
> an advertisement being on Gerry if we get a good deal on the box?
>
> At 10:47 12/02/1999 -0500, Tom Carrington wrote:
> >Hmmmm, before we go on the replace-it-bandwagon...
> >
> >Gerry (from what I know) is a HP Vectra XU/90 running NT 4.0.
> >Integrated AMD PCI Ethernet 10BaseT/2 and PCI SCSI-2 controller. Damn
> >good box. Sure, it is not the fastest CPU, but what is the current CPU
> >utilization? If the CPU utilization is less than 75% on a consistent
> >basis, then a faster CPU is not the answer. If it is over-utilized, add
> >another CPU. That's right, the XU has a dual-processor system board. And
> >if that does not help, put in a pair of 133 MHZ Pentiums..nojumpers or
> >switches to config, the BIOS will see them and use them immediately.
> >
> >What about RAM? How much does it have, how much does the operating
> >system want? I think Gerry on has 32 or so Megs. There are 8 SIMM slots
> >(72-pin) on the board, let's fill them up!
> >
> >The case is HP proprietary, so motherboard transplants are not feasible.
> >
> >Why prop up the old box, you may ask. Well, these improvements do not
> >require re-installing the operating system or the Listserv software. I'm
> >willing to bank on the idea that David does not want to do that.
> >
> >David, I'm willing to assist (remotely). I sent you my resume when you
> >posted looking for NT and admin help, never heard back. Give me system
> >account, I'll run diagnostics from here if that would help. At least
> >then we can see what the actual problem is.
> >
> >We would scream at a mechanic that simply told us we needed an new
> >engine every time it stalled or backfired, wouldn't we? We would post to
> >the list what an idiot he was, and warn others to stay away. You want
> >the mechanic to diagnose the problem before simply declaring the engine
> >dead and handing us an estimate for replacement.
> >
> >Shouldn't we at least do the same for Gerry?
> >
> >TomC
> >tcarrington@relitech.com
> >
> >
> >EMZ wrote:
> >>
> >> I build computers... amung Vanagons. We could easily
> >> put a DFI mother board with 64meg of Ram and an AMD 300 Mhz
> >> proccessor running a 100 mhz Bus for under $300. Assumuning
> >> the Case is a stamdard AT style. This means keeping all of
> >> its other components. What is the real root of the problem? I
> >> would think that the only other component that would slow
> >> it down would be it's network connection.
> >>
> >> Eric 86-VW4x4
> >> vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z
> >> Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
> >>
> >> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, David Marshall wrote:
> >>
> >> > From: David Marshall <vanagon@volkswagen.org>
> >> >
> >> > At 21:20 11/02/1999 -0600, Ken Korn wrote:
> >> > >From: Ken Korn <kkorn@jump.net>
> >> > >
> >> > >Is Gerry really dead? I haven't gotten a digest since the 10th.
> >> >
> >> > Gerry is currently in a comma at the moment - the poor thing is very
> under
> >> > powered to do it's job. I didn't realize that it went down [at least
> the
> >> > list part - web is still going] until about 1 hour ago. I won't be
> able to
> >> > reset it until tomorrow.
> >> >
> >> > So, the question is - shall we throw it in the dumpster or shall we
> spend
> >> > some bucks on a new one?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -- David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC, Canada --
> >> > -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ, 85 VW Cabriolet --
> >> > -- 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab, WANTED: VW / Bombardier Iltis --
> >> > -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org --
> >> > -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca --
> >> > -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
> >> >
> >> >
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>
> -- David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC, Canada --
> -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ, 85 VW Cabriolet --
> -- 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab, WANTED: VW / Bombardier Iltis --
> -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org --
> -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca --
> -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
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