On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:38 AM, Jim Klimov wrote:
> The box should be a reliable rackable server with remote management,
> substantial ECC RAM for efficient ZFS and VM needs (128-256gb likely,
> possibly more), CPUs with all those VT-* bits needed for illumos-kvm and a
> massive amount of cores
On 1/06/2014 7:27 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
Just looking for some opinions on an ebay machine I am thinking of
buying for an oi zfs server
I do not know enough about specs and so forth to tell if this is an ok
purchase.
Understand that my usage is strictly home lan... so very light and
nothing co
> From: Harry Putnam [mailto:rea...@newsguy.com]
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-6650-Enterprise-Server-2-x-
> Intel-Xeon-1-5-GHz-8-GB-
> /261423732486?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item3cde119706
I didn't actually follow the link, so this might be irrelevant:
IMHO, don't use the motherboa
Jim Klimov wrote:
Thus the box we'd build should be good with storage (including responsive
read-write NFS) and VM hosting. I am not sure whether OI, OmniOS or ESX(i?)
with HBA passthrough onto an illumos-based storage/infrastructure services VM
would be a better fit. Also, I was away from sho
Hello friends, and sorry for cross-posting to different audiences like this,
I am helping to spec out a new server for a software development department,
and I am inclined to use an illumos-based system for the benefits of ZFS and
file-serving and zones primarily. However, much of the target wor
