[HCoop-Discuss] Finalizing Hardware Upgrade

[Davor Ocelic]

On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:50:53 -0500
Clinton Ebadi <clinton at unknownlamer.org> wrote:

> Here we go:
> 
> * Server
> 
> PowerEdge 2970 
>  - 2xQuad Core Opteron 2372HE (2.1GHz / 4x512K L2)
>  - 8G RAM (4x2G 800MHz DDR / Dual Ranked)
>  - 2x160G primary drives
> 
> http://ecomm.dell.com/dellstore/basket_retrieve.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&itemtype=CFG&cart_id=1009535751820&toEmail=clinton@unknownlamer.org
>
> The ship date does not look promising, but I might be able to fiddle
> with the config a bit to move the date up.

I think we can live with the ship date (their estimate is Dec 25).
 
> 3xSeagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS 750GB
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148295
> 
> These a bit pricier than the other 750G drives, but they have a five
> year warranty.

Any reason for using 3 disks only? I would suggest 1x 160 GB (or next
smallest) to pair it into RAID 1 with the system disk that is delivered
with the server, and then 2x or 4x 750 GB (or other large capacity)
for user data.

Initially, we can comfortably live with just 2x 750 GB since that's 
already a couple times more than what we have now, and we can add
extra disks (and with larger capacity that will be available) later.

(Btw, if that's just what you had in mind when you said 3x750 GB, that's
alright too).

> Two open questions:
> 
>  - Do we want to get the management console now or should we just
>    continue using the IPKVM for a bit? (we'll need a keyboard/monitor
>    cable if we do this and we lose remote power cycling ability). A
>    console is close to $500.

Staying at Peer1, I think we can rely on the KVM for now.

>  - I didn't include a new switch because we should have a free port
> now that krunk is offline. An umanaged 1U 8-port GigE switch is around
>    $65; I think we should just wait until we need a managed switch to
>    bother upgrading. Any thoughts?

Right, no need for it now.

Cya,
-doc