I'm putting together a proposal to replace our NetAPP. My company has complained about the cost of disk shelves and performance. I would prefer to use a ZFS solution. The storage will mainly be used for an ESXi cluster.
The company prefers to buy Dell equipment so that is what I have to work with. Please tell me if you think this configuration is viable or any suggestions. Thanks.
What I'm thinking is:
Server: Dell R710 Poweredge
Single Xeon 6 core processor
Max ram (I think 128GB)
LSI SAS 9201-16e HBA adapter
2 Qlogic 8GB HBA fiber cards
Intel Dual 10GB copper NIC card
Local hard drives to boot Solaris and possibly SSDs or PCIe card for cache.
Storage Shelves:
As many PowerVault MD1220 filled with 24 1TB 2.5" drives as we need.
The company prefers to buy Dell equipment so that is what I have to work with. Please tell me if you think this configuration is viable or any suggestions. Thanks.
What I'm thinking is:
Server: Dell R710 Poweredge
Single Xeon 6 core processor
Max ram (I think 128GB)
LSI SAS 9201-16e HBA adapter
2 Qlogic 8GB HBA fiber cards
Intel Dual 10GB copper NIC card
Local hard drives to boot Solaris and possibly SSDs or PCIe card for cache.
Storage Shelves:
As many PowerVault MD1220 filled with 24 1TB 2.5" drives as we need.
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