On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Janne Aho <janne at citynetwork.se> wrote: > > Hi, > > We are looking into setting up a glusterfs cluster to store VM images (for > KVM and VMware). Usually we have machines from Dell, but we haven't found > any good machine to use which allows a good amount of disk space and > possibility to have at least 4 NICs (we are thinking about using 10 gigabit > network, otherwise we need to bond and use more NICs). > > Sure we could buy just off the shelf stuff to keep the cost down, but we are > looking for having a good hardware support (to be sure if something breaks > down, that we will get spare parts). > > Does anyone here have suggestion on hardware that can do the following: > > 1. having iDrac or similar (remote access to console) > 2. at least 4 NICs which can be 10 gigabit (this for redundancy). > 3. have an architecture which is supported by gluster (with other words no > mc68k). > 4. having space enough for a good amount of disks or jbod that can be > connected to the machine (please no suggestion on Promise jbods). > 5. It has to be rack mounted We currently have six servers setup like this in our Gluster cluster: http://philcryer.com/wiki/doku.php?id=building_steam_from_a_grain_of_salt_-_redux We have more details if you need them, so far, so good is our experience! P > > If suggesting something else than Dell, please give some price indication on > the hardware, don't care if it's accurate or not, just that I get some > understanding if it's something that can fit our budget. > > > Thanks in advance for your replies. > > > -- > Janne Aho (Developer) | City Network Hosting AB - www.citynetwork.se > Phone: +46 455 690022 | Cell: +46 733 312775 > EMail/MSN: janne at citynetwork.se > ICQ: 567311547 | Skype: janne_mz | AIM: janne4cn | Gadu: 16275665 > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > -- http://philcryer.com
