The main thing that seems to bog down traffic is the rendering, and the the demand keeps increasing , "keep the HD version, make an ld version, make one avi, flv etc.."
i was looking at something like this for the servers http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=430-4436&ef_id=UX@GSgAABcPKlAG5:20130606010945:s&dgc=ST&cid=262075&lid=4742361&acd=1230980794501410 currently have about 2tb of data, but potentially looking at 16-24 long term,and haven't really decided on NAS option yet- maybe something like this http://www.qnapworks.com/TS-869U-RP.asp Also potentially looking at clustering sql and going HA on Exchange, - just trying "future proof" since we are moving to a new location Hardware budget in the realm of 5-7 k give or take (without the 8 hard drives for NAS) PS: Nice to see you (ASB) "back in action" Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 21:04:30 -0400 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] 10Gbe & switches- feedback To: [email protected] I don't happen to see any need for 10Gbit with the workload you need to support. What kind of budget do you have? What kind of NAS are you getting (and how much storage?) Are you considering something like Cisco UCS or some other blade server chassis? Regards, ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market… On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: Anyone? perhaps maybe a link From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] 10Gbe & switches- feedback Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:28:50 -0400 Hi all, We are moving to a new location and figured may as well upgrade the infrastructure. We currently have 3COM 24 port switches from the late 90's, if I had to guess and its time to send them to rest. I have been reading and trying to get a solid feel for which way to go , and as always there is a plethora of data out there that says "Spf+ hands down" or CX4, or even cat6, Everyone seems the have "the perfect answer" and of course they all conflict. and I hope not to start a thread war on this list. Let me give a breakdown of what will be in play here Small office (< 50 users) PC's all gigabit Phones all megabit (VOIP) 6 servers; Exchange Citrix/ TS (Hyper-V) OwnCloud (Hyper-V) File Server Print Server SQL (all users connected 24x7) 2 DC's We are considering getting a NAS (10GB supported) The other heavy traffic will be from video rendering and CAD, we would like use something like backburner to spread the rendering, or maybe build a dedicated rendering server (still up in the air) all servers, switches, and possible NAS will be in the same cabinet, so distance is not a factor in terms of connecting to the switch, only the PC's will require runs greater than the 10 meters I would like also welcome any reccomendations on switches as too TIA,
