These are really interesting to me, but how can you buy them? What's the performance like in ceph? Are they using the keyvaluestore backend, or something specific to these drives? Also what kind of chassis do they go into (some kind of ethernet JBOD)? Bryan On 4/9/15, 9:43 AM, "Mark Nelson" <mnelson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >How about drives that run Linux with an ARM processor, RAM, and an >ethernet port right on the drive? Notice the Ceph logo. :) > >https://www.hgst.com/science-of-storage/emerging-technologies/open-etherne >t-drive-architecture > >Mark > >On 04/09/2015 10:37 AM, Scott Laird wrote: >> Minnowboard Max? 2 atom cores, 1 SATA port, and a real (non-USB) >> Ethernet port. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015, 8:03 AM phil@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:phil@xxxxxxxxx> >> <phil@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:phil@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> Rather expensive option: >> >> Applied Micro X-Gene, overkill for a single disk, and only really >> available in a >> development kit format right now. >> >> >><https://www.apm.com/products/__data-center/x-gene-family/x-__c1-developm >>ent-kits/ >> >><https://www.apm.com/products/data-center/x-gene-family/x-c1-development- >>kits/>> >> >> Better Option: >> >> Ambedded CY7 - 7 nodes in 1U half Depth, 6 positions for SATA disks, >> and one >> node with mSATA SSD >> >> <http://www.ambedded.com.tw/__pt_list.php?CM_ID=20140214001 >> <http://www.ambedded.com.tw/pt_list.php?CM_ID=20140214001>> >> >> --phil >> >> > On 09 April 2015 at 15:57 Quentin Hartman >> <qhartman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:qhartman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> > wrote: >> > >> > I'm skeptical about how well this would work, but a Banana Pi >> might be a >> > place to start. Like a raspberry pi, but it has a SATA connector: >> > http://www.bananapi.org/ >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Jerker Nyberg >> <jerker@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > <mailto:jerker@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> > >>wrote: >> > > > Hello ceph users, >> > > >> > > Is anyone running any low powered single disk nodes with >> Ceph now? >> > > Calxeda seems to be no more according to Wikipedia. I do not >> think HP >> > > moonshot is what I am looking for - I want stand-alone nodes, >> not server >> > > cartridges integrated into server chassis. And I do not want to >> be locked to >> > > a single vendor. >> > > >> > > I was playing with Raspberry Pi 2 for signage when I thought >> of my old >> > > experiments with Ceph. >> > > >> > > I am thinking of for example Odroid-C1 or Odroid-XU3 Lite or >> maybe >> > > something with a low-power Intel x64/x86 processor. Together >> with one SSD or >> > > one low power HDD the node could get all power via PoE (via >> splitter or >> > > integrated into board if such boards exist). PoE provide remote >> power-on >> > > power-off even for consumer grade nodes. >> > > >> > > The cost for a single low power node should be able to >> compete with >> > > traditional PC-servers price per disk. Ceph take care of >> redundancy. >> > > >> > > I think simple custom casing should be good enough - maybe >> just strap or >> > > velcro everything on trays in the rack, at least for the nodes >> with SSD. >> > > >> > > Kind regards, >> > > -- >> > > Jerker Nyberg, Uppsala, Sweden. >> > > _________________________________________________ >> > > ceph-users mailing list >> > > ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxx.__com >><mailto:ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> > > http://lists.ceph.com/__listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.__com >> <http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com> >> > > <http://lists.ceph.com/__listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.__com >> <http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com>> >> > > > _________________________________________________ >> > ceph-users mailing list >> > ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > http://lists.ceph.com/__listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.__com >> <http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com> >> > >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> http://lists.ceph.com/__listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.__com >> <http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >> >_______________________________________________ >ceph-users mailing list >ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. 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