Heh, I wouldn't be using G5's for ZFS purposes now. G6 and better ProLiants are a better deal for RAM capacity and CPU core countŠ
Either way, I also use HP systems as the basis for my ZFS/Nexenta storage systems. Typically DL380's, since I have expansion room for either 16 drive bays, or for using them as a head unit to a D2700 or D2600 JBOD. The right replacement for the old DL320s storage server is the DL180 G6. This model was available in a number of configurations, but the best solutions for storage were the 2U 12-bay 3.5" model and the 2U 25-bay 2.5" model. Both models have a SAS expander on the backplane, but with a nice controller (LSI 9211-4i), make good ZFS storage servers. -- Edmund White On 11/23/12 8:51 PM, "Erik Trimble" <tr...@netdemons.com> wrote: >On 11/23/2012 5:50 AM, Edward Ned Harvey >(opensolarisisdeadlongliveopensolaris) wrote: >>> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >>> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Jim Klimov >>> >>> I wonder if it would make weird sense to get the boxes, forfeit the >>> cool-looking Fishworks, and install Solaris/OI/Nexenta/whatever to >>> get the most flexibility and bang for a buck from the owned hardware... >> This is what we decided to do at work, and this is the reason why. >> But we didn't buy the appliance-branded boxes; we just bought normal >>servers running solaris. >> >> > >I gave up and am now buying HP-branded hardware for running Solaris on >it. Particularly if you get off-lease used hardware (for which, HP is >still very happy to let you buy a HW support contract), it's cheap, and >HP has a lot of Solaris drivers for their branded stuff. Their whole >SmartArray line of adapters has much better Solaris driver coverage than >the generic stuff or the equivalent IBM or Dell items. > >For instance, I just got a couple of DL380 G5 systems with dual >Harpertown CPUs, fully loaded with 8 2.5" SAS drives and 32GB of RAM, >for about $800 total. You can attach their MSA30/50/70-series (or >DS2700-series, if you want new) as dumb JBODs via SAS, and the nice >SmartArray controllers have 1GB of NVRAM, which is sufficient for many >purposes, so you don't even have cough up the dough for a nice ZIL SSD. > >HP even made a sweet little "appliance" thing that was designed for >Windows, but happens to run Solaris really, really well. The DL320s >(the "s" is part of the model designation). 14x 3.5" SAS/SATA hot swap >bays, a Xeon 3070 dual-core CPU, SmartArray controller, 2 x GB Nic, LOM, >and a free 1x PCI-E expansion slot. The only drawback is that it only >takes up to 8GB of RAM. It makes a *fabulous* little backup system for >logs and stuff, and it's under about $2000 even after you splurge for >1TB drives and an SSD for the thing. > >I am in the market for something newer than that, though. Anyone know >what HP's using as a replacement for the DL320s? > >-Erik > > >_______________________________________________ >zfs-discuss mailing list >zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
