On 24/09/10 21:44, phil cryer wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Janne Aho<janne at citynetwork.se> wrote: Hi and thanks for all your replies and I'm sorry that I hijacked the "linux raid0 vs gluster raid0" thread. >> 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! Thanks, this was a great suggestion on hardware (and the best this far, including suggestions I got at the listrefs maillist, when we looked for using lustrefs). Now we have to see what kind of price we can get here in sweden, as I guess there will be a hefty shipping cost if ordering things from US and the PSU will not be the right one for us. -- 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
