> -----Original Message----- > From: ceph-users [mailto:ceph-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Wido den Hollander > Sent: 12 February 2016 09:15 > To: Schlacta, Christ <aarcane@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Austin Johnson > <johnsonaustin@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Xeon-D 1540 Ceph Nodes > > > > Op 12 februari 2016 om 6:55 schreef Austin Johnson > <johnsonaustin@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > The Supermicro 5018A-AR12L is built for object storage. In our > > testing, they perform pretty well. You would have to invest in > > discrete 10G nics to meet all of your requirements. > > > > Using these ones in a archiving cluster in the Netherlands. 180 nodes, 10x4TB > per system en two Journaling SSDs. > > Works really well using replication, not EC. > > This cluster is used for RADOS Gateway purposes only, no RBD. > > Wido Thanks Wido. Will we be using RBD for storing backups and will look to move to EC pools once partial write behaviour is implemented. My fear is that there isn't much data out there in these scenarios. I would rather slightly over spec the CPU than under spec. Nick > > > Austin > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Schlacta, Christ > > <aarcane@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > If you can swing 2u chassis and 2.5" drives instead, you can > > > trivially get between 15 and 24 drives across the front and rear of > > > a beautiful hot-swap chassis. There are numerous makes and models > > > available from custom builds up/down through used on ebay. Worth a > peek. > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi All, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Has anyone seen or heard about any Xeon-D based barebones servers > > >> more suited for Ceph use. We are looking to roll out a 2nd cluster > > >> and would really like something based on these boards that is > barebones and dense. > > >> There is a lot of fat in most servers that we just don’t need and > > >> would love a way to operate lean and mean. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Ideal for us, would be > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> 1U > > >> > > >> 12-14 3.5” disks > > >> > > >> Xeon-D 1540 (Onboard 10G-T) > > >> > > >> Single PSU > > >> > > >> Minimal case/chassis design > > >> > > >> Some sort of separate fan module with large fans that cools > > >> multiple U’s > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> We are currently running the Supermicro Fat Twin’s (4 trays of > > >> 14xdisks), but we would really like something we can grow 1U at a > > >> time and also power individually. The Dual Xeon MB is also a un-needed > cost. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> We are even potentially considering getting some 1U sheet metal > > >> made with mounting holes for MB and 12 disks, but for our required > > >> cluster size its probably a bit of an excessive option at the > > >> moment. Although it would be nice to put our 3D printer to good use > > >> and make some brackets of some sort J > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Anyway, if anyone knows about anything coming out in the near > > >> future, I would love to hear about it. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Nick > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com
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