Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust
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@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
Scale's entry level high availability cluster starts at $25K. That might actually be enough here, but I doubt it. But it gives you an idea of where things start.
Why do you do t it? Most of his VMs are running on RAID 6... That has to be slow as all get out.
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@Dashrender said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
Scale's entry level high availability cluster starts at $25K. That might actually be enough here, but I doubt it. But it gives you an idea of where things start.
Why do you do t it? Most of his VMs are running on RAID 6... That has to be slow as all get out.
Why do I do what?
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@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@Dashrender said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
Scale's entry level high availability cluster starts at $25K. That might actually be enough here, but I doubt it. But it gives you an idea of where things start.
Why do you do t it? Most of his VMs are running on RAID 6... That has to be slow as all get out.
Why do I do what?
Why do you say that a base line Scale won't work? RAID is so slow... I suppose there might not be enough RAM. So I suppose that would be a factor.
He could look at a star winds solution... Only 2 hosts required and they allow you to put in any amount of ram and disk you want.
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@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@Dashrender said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
Scale's entry level high availability cluster starts at $25K. That might actually be enough here, but I doubt it. But it gives you an idea of where things start.
Why do you do t it? Most of his VMs are running on RAID 6... That has to be slow as all get out.
Why do I do what?
I was going for doubt... Not do...
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@Dashrender said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@Dashrender said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
Scale's entry level high availability cluster starts at $25K. That might actually be enough here, but I doubt it. But it gives you an idea of where things start.
Why do you do t it? Most of his VMs are running on RAID 6... That has to be slow as all get out.
Why do I do what?
Why do you say that a base line Scale won't work?
Lack of disk capacity and RAM.
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Then the star winds solution should be right up their alley.
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@Dashrender said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
Then the star winds solution should be right up their alley.
All inclusive support might be a major factor.
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@DustinB3403 said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@dafyre said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
Why not RLS a la StarWind ?
Because the hosts aren't uniform.
In case they need a SAN replacement, they can consider going for StarWind Storage Appliance. That solution will give them a synchronous HA storage pull that can be shared via iSCSI to their existing hosts. StarWind crew will get those onsite fully preconfigured and will help with designing the migration plan as well as executing it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
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looking at this thread, I would say that a Scale 1150 cluster would fit the bill nicely, and even with a single node for second site dr, he would still likely be under $35k all-in
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I have put in an IPOD before at an SMB. Although nothing failed before I left, at least not that I know of (as it was years ago), I now have the knowledge to build better solutions anyway. So would not do that again. This was 4 hosts, 1 EQL SAN. An MSP I worked for always put them in, even once they were aware of the issues. Sometimes, you cannot teach people as 'it always worked'... pfft.
If I were the OP, I would work with the business to define if, and why,, a failover cluster is needed. If not, things get so simple. Two hosts using replica to each other and great (tested) backups, is likely more than enough. If host A fails, start the replicas on B. If B fails, start the replicas on A. Have each doing 50%). Then backup on and off site and test both. If a cluster is needed, defo a vSAN like starwind.
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@Aconboy said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
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looking at this thread, I would say that a Scale 1150 cluster would fit the bill nicely, and even with a single node for second site dr, he would still likely be under $35k all-in
That's what I was imagining. Might need slightly more than the baseline RAM, but even that might be enough with 2x 64GB nodes.
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@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@Aconboy said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
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looking at this thread, I would say that a Scale 1150 cluster would fit the bill nicely, and even with a single node for second site dr, he would still likely be under $35k all-in
That's what I was imagining. Might need slightly more than the baseline RAM, but even that might be enough with 2x 64GB nodes.
If they're not doing HA and all of that... why not get one beefier node rather than two smaller ones?
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@Jimmy9008 said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
An MSP I worked for always put them in, even once they were aware of the issues. Sometimes, you cannot teach people as 'it always worked'... pfft.
Well, what is good for a VAR is not what is good for the customer. An IPOD is terrible for the customer, but the best thing ever for a VAR. So a VAR, even knowing how bad an IPOD is for the customer, makes extra money selling the design, extra money supporting the design, extra money helping the customer recover from the "once in a lifetime failure that only happens to them", etc. To a VAR, the IPOD is the perfect way to make maximum profits. So a VAR, knowing the full situation, will often not just keep selling IPODs, but move to them!
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@dafyre said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@Aconboy said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
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looking at this thread, I would say that a Scale 1150 cluster would fit the bill nicely, and even with a single node for second site dr, he would still likely be under $35k all-in
That's what I was imagining. Might need slightly more than the baseline RAM, but even that might be enough with 2x 64GB nodes.
If they're not doing HA and all of that... why not get one beefier node rather than two smaller ones?
AKA Mainframe design.
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@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@dafyre said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@Aconboy said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
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looking at this thread, I would say that a Scale 1150 cluster would fit the bill nicely, and even with a single node for second site dr, he would still likely be under $35k all-in
That's what I was imagining. Might need slightly more than the baseline RAM, but even that might be enough with 2x 64GB nodes.
If they're not doing HA and all of that... why not get one beefier node rather than two smaller ones?
AKA Mainframe design.
Is it really mainframe design? don't a lot of mainframes have tons on internal redundancies and fail over components?
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@Dashrender said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@dafyre said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@Aconboy said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
@scottalanmiller said in Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust:
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looking at this thread, I would say that a Scale 1150 cluster would fit the bill nicely, and even with a single node for second site dr, he would still likely be under $35k all-in
That's what I was imagining. Might need slightly more than the baseline RAM, but even that might be enough with 2x 64GB nodes.
If they're not doing HA and all of that... why not get one beefier node rather than two smaller ones?
AKA Mainframe design.
Is it really mainframe design? don't a lot of mainframes have tons on internal redundancies and fail over components?
A "lot" of non-mainframes do, too. Those things are not what makes something a mainframe and lacking them is not what makes something else not a mainframe.
This is a "Mainframe Architecture", not a mainframe, meaning it is an architecture that is "Designed around a single highly reliable component" in contrast to other designs that rely on multiple components to make up for individual fragility.
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gotcha.
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I have to carve out an hour and a half to watch the two SAM presentations posted earlier in this thread...
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Sounds like the business really wants something more robust, even if they didn't figure out how to do it the first time through, so going for something simple, but hyperconverged, seems like the obvious answer. Especially if it can come in way under the current expected budget.
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Just saw another thread of someone who did the same thing.... depended on a black box SAN, let support lapse, and now is in tough shape: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1912628-emc-vnxe3100-troublesome-storage-pool-vmware-view-vdi
