[zfs-discuss] CPU sizing for ZFS/iSCSI/NFS server

2011-12-12 Thread Albert Chin
We're preparing to purchase an X4170M2 as an upgrade for our existing X4100M2 server for ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI. We have a choice for CPU, some more expensive than others. Our current system has a dual-core 1.8Ghz Opteron 2210 CPU with 8GB. Seems like either a 6-core Intel E5649 2.53Ghz CPU or 4-core

Re: [zfs-discuss] CPU sizing for ZFS/iSCSI/NFS server

2011-12-12 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
please check out the ZFS appliance 7120 spec 2.4Ghz /24GB memory and ZIL(SSD) may be try the ZFS simulator SW regards On 12/12/2011 2:28 PM, Albert Chin wrote: We're preparing to purchase an X4170M2 as an upgrade for our existing X4100M2 server for ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI. We have a choice for

Re: [zfs-discuss] CPU sizing for ZFS/iSCSI/NFS server

2011-12-12 Thread Albert Chin
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:40:52PM -0500, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D. wrote: please check out the ZFS appliance 7120 spec 2.4Ghz /24GB memory and ZIL(SSD) may be try the ZFS simulator SW Good point. Thanks. regards On 12/12/2011 2:28 PM, Albert Chin wrote: We're preparing to

Re: [zfs-discuss] CPU sizing for ZFS/iSCSI/NFS server

2011-12-12 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
4c@2.4ghz On 12/12/2011 2:44 PM, Albert Chin wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:40:52PM -0500, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D. wrote: please check out the ZFS appliance 7120 spec 2.4Ghz /24GB memory and ZIL(SSD) may be try the ZFS simulator SW Good point. Thanks. regards On 12/12/2011

Re: [zfs-discuss] CPU sizing for ZFS/iSCSI/NFS server

2011-12-12 Thread Albert Chin
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 03:01:08PM -0500, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D. wrote: 4c@2.4ghz Yep, that's the plan. Thanks. On 12/12/2011 2:44 PM, Albert Chin wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:40:52PM -0500, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D. wrote: please check out the ZFS appliance

Re: [zfs-discuss] CPU sizing for ZFS/iSCSI/NFS server

2011-12-12 Thread Gary Driggs
On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:42 AM, \Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.\ wrote: please check out the ZFS appliance 7120 spec 2.4Ghz /24GB memory and ZIL(SSD) Do those appliances also use the F20 PCIe flash cards? I know the Exadata storage cells use them but they aren't utilizing ZFS in the Linux

Re: [zfs-discuss] CPU sizing for ZFS/iSCSI/NFS server

2011-12-12 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
On 12/12/2011 3:02 PM, Gary Driggs wrote: On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:42 AM, \Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.\ wrote: please check out the ZFS appliance 7120 spec 2.4Ghz /24GB memory and ZIL(SSD) Do those appliances also use the F20 PCIe flash cards? no, these controller need the slots for