One other thought. We are using Lenovo Thinkserver RD240's. They are powerful, and inexpensive. They might be less then the Super-micro. On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Matthew Mackes < matthewmackes at deltasoniccarwash.com> wrote: > Hello, > > You are on the right track.Your mount points are fine.I like to mount my > Gluster storage under /mnt/gluster and place my bricks inside /STORAGE. > > I think that you are planing many more network interfaces per node then > your 4 (even 8) SATA drives per node at 7200 RPM will require. 2 aggregate > ports should be plenty for heavy load, and one for normal use. > > In my experience the 7200 RPM SATA drives will be your bottleneck. 15,000 > RPM SAS is a better choice for a storage node that requires heavy storage > load. > > The only case I can think of for 4+ network interfaces per machine is if > you intend to subnet your Gluster SAN network from your normal network used > for storage access and administration. In that case you could bond 2 > interfaces for the Gluster SAN network (for replication, stripping, et > between nodes) and the other pair bonded for your SAMBA and management > access. > > > Matt > > > -- Matthew Mackes Delta Sonic CWS, Buffalo N.Y. 716-541-2190 --------------------------------------------------------------- The Steps to solve any problem (Scientific Method): 1. Ask a Question 2 .Do Background Research 3. Construct a Hypothesis 4. Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment 5. Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion 6. Communicate Your Results --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20120128/2bbfd093/attachment.htm>
