On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Patrick Angeles <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you mean 2 nodes in 2U?
No, I meant 2 nodes in 1U. > Dell, HP and SuperMicro all have models that fit the bill. If you really did > mean 2 nodes in 1U you're looking at either 2.5" drives or < 4 spindles per > node, neither of which is ideal for Hadoop/HBase in terms of !/$ (bang per > buck). Yeah those particular models have room for 4 x 3.5" disks (so 2 per node). Given how much they cost, they still give you a pretty good !/$. Plus, you can always mod them a little bit to fit more disks in the system (this, however, is left as an exercise for the reader). There are other vendors who sell cheap 2-in-1U servers, some may offer more 3.5" disk slots out of the box. Otherwise you can always do like Google and build your own. You just need a bunch of dudes who are passionate about that stuff :) -- Benoit "tsuna" Sigoure Software Engineer @ www.StumbleUpon.com
