[nylug-talk] Install Question

[Corey.Holzer at jwt.com]

I am about to build a new server.  I have several drives some with a speed
of 7200 rpm and some 5500 rpm.  Does anyone out there have a recommendation
of what I should put on which kind of drive to maximize performance.  I
mean I know that content for the web server or databases should go on a
7200 rpm slice to reduce seek time but what can I get away with putting on
a 5500 rpm disk (/var comes to mind although a lot of writes are done to
/var)?  In the grand scheme of things it may not make much difference
because the machine will not get all that much traffic (a personal server/X
workstation) but if I can squeeze even the slightest improvement out of it
I want to do it.

Corey T. Holzer -- Manager of Internet Technologies
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