Thanks for the replies. My take away is that most organizations are buying from vendors (Dell, HP, SuperMicro, HP, etc.) While "build it yourself" is an approach, I'm not hearing a lot of companies that are doing it.
Thanks again, Jason On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Michael Segel <[email protected]>wrote: > > Well I usually go to Home Depot, even though there's an ACE a block away... > :-) > (Just kidding) > > If you're keen on Dell, I don't know if they are still making R410s. > > They're 1U so you can put in 4 Hot Swap drives giving you roughly 7TB per > node. > They have multiple 1GBe ports so you can bond them if you need to. Assuming > you're using 'standard' SATA drives, then > you will max out your drive i/o before you max out your networking > bandwidth so if you do port bonding, you'll have enough head room. > > For your ToR switch, I'd recommend the new switch by Blade. > > http://www.bladenetwork.net/?pi_ad_id=6155346275&gclid=CISh1Y7khKUCFYPV5wod_X3kQA > Note: IBM bought them out so prices may vary... > > They announced a new ToR Switch that had 42 (I think) 1 GBe ports w 4 10GBe > uplink ports. > Definitely something to consider because if you try to 'trunk' your switch > over a 1GBe port you'll see the bottleneck between racks hit you hard. > > > If you've got the budget you could go with 10GBe on the motherboard... or > go with SolarFlare's nic cards: > http://www.solarflare.com/index.php > > They have a sweet card that has 2 nic ports (SPIF) each capable of 10GBe > bidirectional (so the card handles 40GBe). > Definitely a good option if you're doing more things in memory, or you have > 8 drive or more per node. > Also gives you a future on your hardware. > Note: 10GBe isn't 'cheap' and most people don't need it. > 10K switch, 1K per nic card is a good budget price... > > If you want to get away from Dell, you can look at other hardware > providers, or you could build your own white boxes for less money, provided > you have people who know how to build, install and support your hardware/OS. > Most corporations don't do this because its easier to pick up the phone and > order a box already built and you get support. > > You may consider a hybrid approach. Go w Dell/IBM/Oracle/HP (weird saying > Oracle and not Sun) for your 'master nodes' [NN,SN,ZKs] where you have > raided drives (smaller) and more memory. > Go white box for your DN (RS) where if you lose a box, you just bring up a > new one in its place and re-balance. > > HTH > > -Mike > > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:21:03 -0400 > > Subject: Where do you get your hardware? > > To: [email protected] > > > > We are in the process of analyzing our options for the future purchases > of > > our Hadoop/HBase DN/RS servers. Currently, we purchase Dell PowerEdge > > R710's which work well for us. However, we know that there are other > > options that may give us more bang for our buck. > > > > I'm not as interested in knowing the specs of the machines that people > are > > using. Rather, I'm curious to know where you buy them from or if you are > > building them yourselves. > > > > Any feedback on how you acquire server hardware in your environment would > be > > greatly appreciated. > > > > Jason > >
