[PVE-User] Storage Server Recommendations Please (JR Richardson)

[mj]

Hi,

Just our 2 cts: You should check out freenas/truenas as well. It will do 
what you require (and a bit more) :-)

MJ

On 8/3/19 3:02 PM, JR Richardson wrote:
> Gilberto,
> 
> I have 14 hypervisor nodes hitting 6 storage servers, dell 610's, and a
> couple of backup servers. All VMs, 200 Linux servers and about 20 Win
> servers use NFS shared storage. I'd like to consolidate storage down to two
> servers.
> 
> Nada suggested Synology RS818RP+ it is turnkey solution, I'll check into it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> JR
> 
> 
> how much servers do you have?
> ---
> Gilberto Nunes Ferreira
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm thinking about upgrading to 10 Gig storage network for my
>> clusters. Current servers are dell 610 with H700 Raid controller, 2
>> drives in Raid1 for OS and 4 drives in Raid10 for NFS shared storage
>> to the hypervisor nodes. Network is 2xGigabit up links to all servers
>> and storage. Load from the hypervisors is are about 200 Linux servers
>> and about 20 Win servers. I'm not seeing any issue currently in normal
>> operations, but I can see disk IO wait states on storage servers
>> periodically when some of the VMs are booting or tasking storage,
>> creating new VM disks. All storage array disks are currently 15K SAS
>> spinners, no SSDs.
>>
>> I'm considering upgrading to SSD caching server with conventional
>> storage disk back end. Main thing is to get network up to 10Gig.
>> Building servers from scratch is OK but I'd also like to hear about
>> some turnkey options. Storage requirement is currently under 10TB.
>>
>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> JR
>> --
>> JR Richardson
>> Engineering for the Masses
>> Chasing the Azeotrope
> 
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