Virtualization Build - Punch holes in this build please
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Looks pretty solid. Good devices, good setup.
Only thing I would add is maybe throwing in something like a Scale setup as well so that you would have a point of comparison. It's a very different design, three nodes instead of two, all inclusive instead of parts. It shifts the pricing around to different things in different places. At that cost, though, you are able to consider one. The big advantage of the Scale is inclusive support pricing and easy future expansion through node addition... and the big one is providing something that your company is prepared to support themselves without needing your expertise should you leave, get hit by the bus, etc.
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Thank you all for the advice.
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@MattSpeller Yeah no fooling around with this build.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@MattSpeller Yeah no fooling around with this build.
You should post iops numbers if you go this way, just so we can drool some more.
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@travisdh1 said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@MattSpeller Yeah no fooling around with this build.
You should post iops numbers if you go this way, just so we can drool some more.
Don't do this. Please. I'll have to add pages to my diary to account for the emotional baggage this will create.
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@travisdh1 said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@MattSpeller Yeah no fooling around with this build.
You should post iops numbers if you go this way, just so we can drool some more.
I'll be head of the lynch mob if he fails to post them
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Doesn't using a Scale device change his risk solution?
As I understood it, Dustin plans to have two nearly synced servers over two diverse locations. In addition to that he'll have offsite backup at Rackspace or someone else.
This allows for the company to completely loose a location and stay up and running completely (though networking will have to be considered to make sure things flow correctly).
With a Scale solution, while it is possibly simpler to support also can't survive the main site being lost.
Now maybe that doesn't matter, i.e. if the main site is down, the whole company would be down anyway.
Just a thought.
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12x 960GB 2.5" SATA MLC Solid State Drive (Edge Server Enterprise Class) ($399.99/Each)
Damn, that's what I paid for my 1 TB drives from HP a few years ago...
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@Dashrender said:
12x 960GB 2.5" SATA MLC Solid State Drive (Edge Server Enterprise Class) ($399.99/Each)
Damn, that's what I paid for my 1 TB drives from HP a few years ago...
1TB SSD from a few years ago?
Or Spinning Rust from a few years ago?
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@DustinB3403 said:
@Dashrender said:
12x 960GB 2.5" SATA MLC Solid State Drive (Edge Server Enterprise Class) ($399.99/Each)
Damn, that's what I paid for my 1 TB drives from HP a few years ago...
1TB SSD from a few years ago?
Or Spinning Rust from a few years ago?
Spinning rust.
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I have a nearly 5 year old IBM server that if I replaced it with SSDs would probably last me another 5+ years.
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@Dashrender said:
Doesn't using a Scale device change his risk solution?
As I understood it, Dustin plans to have two nearly synced servers over two diverse locations. In addition to that he'll have offsite backup at Rackspace or someone else.
This allows for the company to completely loose a location and stay up and running completely (though networking will have to be considered to make sure things flow correctly).
With a Scale solution, while it is possibly simpler to support also can't survive the main site being lost.
Now maybe that doesn't matter, i.e. if the main site is down, the whole company would be down anyway.
Just a thought.
I thought that his two main servers were at a single site.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Doesn't using a Scale device change his risk solution?
As I understood it, Dustin plans to have two nearly synced servers over two diverse locations. In addition to that he'll have offsite backup at Rackspace or someone else.
This allows for the company to completely loose a location and stay up and running completely (though networking will have to be considered to make sure things flow correctly).
With a Scale solution, while it is possibly simpler to support also can't survive the main site being lost.
Now maybe that doesn't matter, i.e. if the main site is down, the whole company would be down anyway.
Just a thought.
I thought that his two main servers were at a single site.
You're probably right, I must have misread it.
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You could easily be right, I just had not noticed that he said two sites. I miss stuff like that often, though. But I looked back and have not found it yet.
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@scottalanmiller said:
You could easily be right, I just had not noticed that he said two sites. I miss stuff like that often, though. But I looked back and have not found it yet.
yeah I read the second site into it. It's not there.
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This seems very costly to me. Are you using xByte? Have to look at a R720, or R710?
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@anonymous said:
This seems very costly to me. Are you using xByte? Have to look at a R720, or R710?
Those are xByte quotes. Did you notice all of the SSDs in there?
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Dell Warranty & Onsite Service (Exclusive Offer) (3 Year Dell ProSupport 4HR 7x24 Onsite: Non Mission Critical)
Server no drives ($10,156+/Each)Why do you need such a costly warranty? Isn't the point of having 2 hosts that you only need 1 running at a given time?
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@anonymous said:
This seems very costly to me. Are you using xByte? Have to look at a R720, or R710?
As SAM mentioned there's almost $5k of SSD in there, plus it's pretty new gear. Brand new from Dell I shudder to think of what that would run you.
