[dba-Tech] Software Firewalls

Mitsules, Mark Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com
Mon Jan 3 12:38:46 CST 2005


SATA does give a "theoretical" boost in two ways.  First is the current
SATA/150 spec vs. the P-ATA/133 spec.  Second is the dedicated channel vs. a
possible conflict with a second IDE device in the typical master/slave
setup.

But, having noticed a considerable improvement in performance when I moved
to a drive with a 8MB cache when they first came out, I can't wait to see
the performance gains in both my new Raptor (10k rpm) and my new Maxtor
(16MB cache).

Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: jmoss111 at bellsouth.net [mailto:jmoss111 at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:25 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: RE: [dba-Tech] Software Firewalls


>From what I've read and tests that I've seen, SATA in itself doesn't really
give a performance improvement. The improvement in SATA come from the 10,000
RPM drives used currently only on the WD Raptors (37Gb and 74 Gb) AFAIK.
SATA 2 may be a different story, but I haven't seen any SATA2 drives on the
market or SATA2 tests yet.
> 
> From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net>
> Date: 2005/01/03 Mon PM 01:02:30 EST
> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'"
> 	<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Software Firewalls
> 
> Francisco,
> Here's the specs for business workstations I've been having my clients buy
> lately. I have them assembled, setup and tested at a local shop. They
really
> put my P4 2.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, SCSI system to shame. I think the SATA drives
> make a big difference. I had been spec'ing 80GB SATA's but the 120 are
only
> $10 more so I've been going with that for awhile now.
> 
> XP pro
> ASUS K8 MainBoard
> Athlon64 3200 CPU
> 450 Watt PS
> 512MB RAM
> 80-120 GB Western Digital SATA HD
> Radeon 9600, 128MB AGP Video
> CD/DVD read/write
> 3.5" diskette drive
> 10/100MB Ethernet
> 2/4 USB ports
> 1 Firewire port
> 17" Samsung 793 monitor
> 
> Note: The UPSs for these systems is a bit more costly because of the power
> needs but I believe down the road it will have been worth it for them. In
> the bigger shops they don't all get the RW drives cause they don't need
'em.
> The video card is overkill for most people but at the cost I'm getting
them
> it just doesn't matter. For higher needs stations I bulk up the RAM.
> 
> John B. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco
Tapia
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 10:36 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Software Firewalls
> 
> I keep my system free of spyware and viruses, but I haven't done a
complete
> re-install in about 3 years, now this holiday season I moved OSs up to XP
> sp2, I was surprised on how fast it runs on my hardware (an ol' amd2000
XP).
> so far I have no complaints.
> 
> some of the things I'm looking forward to in a new rig will be
> 
> AMD64 (possibly opteron to be exact, i'd love to bite into the
> multiprocessor market :)) SATA drives, and of course USB2 cuz I'm still
> running 1.1
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:38:41 -0500, Mitsules, Mark <Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com>
> wrote:
> > Bryan,
> > 
> > How often do you "clean house"?  Since I'm heavily into gaming/video & 
> > audio codecs/demos/beta drivers/etc.  I usually start to think about a 
> > fresh install at around the 7-10 month mark.  At that point I usually 
> > buy a new hard drive and start all over.  I keep all my old 
> > drives...just in case;)  I upgrade my video card about every 18 
> > months, my CPU about every 18-24 months, and am averaging a new 
> > complete system about every 4 years.  I just finished assembling my 
> > newest rig over the holidays, but since we were out of town for most 
> > of the time, I haven't had a chance to load the OS yet.  I must admit 
> > that I went just about all-out this time...it is definitely worthy of 
> > boutique status.  If anyone is interested in the gory details, I'll post
> the components.
> > 
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bryan Carbonnell [mailto:carbonnb at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:21 AM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Software Firewalls
> > 
> > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:53:57 -0500, Mitsules, Mark 
> > <Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Glad to see it worked out Bryan...but I must admit I hate the 
> > > thought that my favorite firewall might be vulnerable in some way.
> > 
> > I don't think it's vulnerable. I think it's my box. I've been thinking 
> > that it needs to be cleaned up extensively (Like a reformat and
> > reinstall) and this is just another confirmation of what I've been 
> > thinking.
> > 
> > --
> > Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
> > Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well 
> > preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, 
> > shouting "What a great ride!"
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