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    Proliant GL360 G5 worth the price?

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
      last edited by Dashrender

      @scottalanmiller said:

      @Dashrender said:

      AND I need to make sure I don't have throughput issues.

      That's the only concern, are RAID 1 drives fast enough to take the data ingress.

      I actually don't know - as much as I spout to others "what IOPs do you need" I've never successfully discovered my own need. I've tried a few tools a few times and walked away a day or two later just confused. Hard to admit..

      I do admit I need help in getting that working so I can use it.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        It'll be IOPS, not throughput, that is your bottleneck here, most likely. You might need to go to a four bay unit. That will double the ingress rate. And 7200 RPM drives are a must, that means Red Pro, 5400 are almost certainly going to be too slow.

        What data is being sent to this? How much over what period of time?

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          Actually, don't answer that here. Post a new thread asking the question and just link to here as a reference. Put in the info about the $2K 2.5" RAID 6 idea and the NAS with SATA drives idea and let's run through some diagnostics.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
            last edited by

            OK

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              Thanks! Now back to the regularly scheduled programming.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                Did the OP end up buying anything?

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by stacksofplates

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  Did the OP end up buying anything?

                  Yes, I got the DL380 G5. $190

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    And how is it working for you?

                    Are you happy with the purchase?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      What did you load onto it?

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        What did you load onto it?

                        @DustinB3403

                        And how is it working for you?

                        I'll let you know when I get it 😛 It should be here Wednesday.

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                        • stacksofplatesS
                          stacksofplates
                          last edited by

                          It arrived today! XenServer is installed and I'll be setting up VMs tomorrow.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            Awesome. Nothing like the feeling of unboxing your new server.

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