On January 23, 2020 11:45:37 AM GMT+02:00, Benedetto Vassallo <[email protected]> wrote: > Def. Quota Strahil Nikolov <[email protected]>: > >> On January 22, 2020 6:46:39 PM GMT+02:00, Benedetto Vassallo >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Guys, >>> Here at University of Palermo (Italy) we are planning to switch from >>> vmware to ovirt using the hyperconverged solution. >>> Our design is a 6 nodes cluster, each node with this configuration: >>> >>> - 1x Dell PowerEdge R7425 server; >>> - 2x AMD EPYC 7301 Processor; >>> - 512GB of RAM (8x 64GB LRDIMM, 2666MT/s, Quad Rank); >>> - 2x Broadcom 57412 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ ethernet card; >>> - 3x 600GB 10K RPM SAS for the OS (Raid1 + hotspare); >>> - 5x 1.2TB 10K RPM SAS for the hosted storage domain (Raid5 + >>> hotspare); >>> - 11x 2.4TB 10KRPM SAS for the vm data domain (Raid6 + hotspare); >>> - 4x 960GB SSD SAS for an additional SSD storage domain (Raid5 + >>> hotspare); >>> >>> Is this configuration supported or I have to change something? >>> Thank you and Best Regards. >>> -- >>> Benedetto Vassallo >>> Responsabile U.O. Sviluppo e manutenzione dei sistemi >>> Sistema Informativo di Ateneo >>> Università degli studi di Palermo >>> >>> Phone: +3909123860056 >>> Fax: +3909123860880 >> >> Hi, >> >> Recently it was mentioned that there were some issues with the 'too >> new' EPYC. >> For now, you can do : >> 1. Use some old machines for initial setup of the HostedEngine VM >> (disable all Spectre/Meltdown in advance) -> and then add the new >> EPYC-based hosts and remove the older systems. Sadly, the older >> systems cannot be too old :) >> >> 2. Host the HostedEngine VM on your current VmWare environment or on > >> a separate KVM host. Hosting the HostedEngine on bare metal is also >OK >> >> 3. Wait (I don't know how long) till EPYC issues are solved. >> >> Best Regards,Strahil Nikolov > >Thank you. >Maybe it's better to use Intel processors? >Best Regards. > -- >Benedetto Vassallo >Responsabile U.O. Sviluppo e manutenzione dei sistemi >Sistema Informativo di Ateneo >Università degli studi di Palermo > >Phone: +3909123860056 >Fax: +3909123860880
Amd is giving higher memory bandwidth and higher bang/buck ratio with more cores per $ compared to intel - so I wouldn't recommend intel. I guess you can try with installing an older version (v 4.2.X) and then upgrade the cluster to 4.3 . Good Luck and Welcome to oVirt. Best Regards, Strahil Nikolov _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4ANFV7APCBXULQ4NRASSJIKY3QZO7SAP/
