On 3 June 2014 17:18, ken mays via openindiana-discuss
openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org wrote:
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Point is there are a few options and custom servers or the cheap ones on
eBay for $500 (i.e. Dell R710 or similar)...
minor nit. the Dell R710's have Broadcom network cards that didn't
Jonathan Adams wrote:
On 3 June 2014 17:18, ken mays via openindiana-discuss
openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org wrote:
snip
Point is there are a few options and custom servers or the cheap ones on
eBay for $500 (i.e. Dell R710 or similar)...
minor nit. the Dell R710's have Broadcom
I like what Ian said. although, 4U is a bit daunting.
You can opt for 1U-2U, 1-2 processors.
You can have a chassis with 8 drive bays. Fit for = 18TB of storage.
From there you can get solid state HDs and regular drives of your choice.
Simple controller that can handle them - and has a driver
Jim Klimov wrote:
Thus the box we'd build should be good with storage (including responsive
read-write NFS) and VM hosting. I am not sure whether OI, OmniOS or ESX(i?)
with HBA passthrough onto an illumos-based storage/infrastructure services VM
would be a better fit. Also, I was away from
