On 24/09/10 21:44, phil cryer wrote:
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Janne Aho<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi and thanks for all your replies and I'm sorry that I hijacked the
"linux raid0 vs gluster raid0" thread.
We are looking into setting up a glusterfs cluster to store VM images (for
KVM and VMware). Usually we have machines from Dell, but we haven't found
any good machine to use which allows a good amount of disk space and
possibility to have at least 4 NICs (we are thinking about using 10 gigabit
network, otherwise we need to bond and use more NICs).
Sure we could buy just off the shelf stuff to keep the cost down, but we are
looking for having a good hardware support (to be sure if something breaks
down, that we will get spare parts).
Does anyone here have suggestion on hardware that can do the following:
1. having iDrac or similar (remote access to console)
2. at least 4 NICs which can be 10 gigabit (this for redundancy).
3. have an architecture which is supported by gluster (with other words no
mc68k).
4. having space enough for a good amount of disks or jbod that can be
connected to the machine (please no suggestion on Promise jbods).
5. It has to be rack mounted
We currently have six servers setup like this in our Gluster cluster:
http://philcryer.com/wiki/doku.php?id=building_steam_from_a_grain_of_salt_-_redux
We have more details if you need them, so far, so good is our experience!
Thanks, this was a great suggestion on hardware (and the best this far,
including suggestions I got at the listrefs maillist, when we looked for
using lustrefs).
Now we have to see what kind of price we can get here in sweden, as I
guess there will be a hefty shipping cost if ordering things from US and
the PSU will not be the right one for us.
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