10:26 a.m.
I did the same - and although it does not meet your budgetary requirements, it should give
you an idea of what direction to look (even though I cannot recall specifics of my setup
;-)
I have a 3 system "lab" (for testing oVirt/RHEV, Satellite, Clustering,
OpenStack).
SSDs were not necessary, but 7200rpm spindles became noticeably loud (as quiet as the rest
of my LAB is).
The additional NICs were also not *necessary* but provide a lot of flexibility.
I believe you will not need as much storage as you have predicted.
* "Controller"
Case: (I don't recall)
Power Supply: (I don't recall)
Mobo: ASRock Z77E-ITX
Proc: Intel i5-3570k
Memory: 16GB (2 x 8GB)
PCIe: quad-NIC Intel I350
HDD: Crucial ATA-M4 SSD 256G
* "Compute"
Mobo: Intel (I can't recall the model)
Proc: Intel i5-3570k
Memory: 8GB (2 x 4GB)
PCIe: dual-NIC Intel
HDD: Crucial ATA-M4 SSD 256G
And some nice-to-haves... KVM and 2 desktop switches (I also have a Managed Switch for
doing some multicast testing - and that thing makes my 700 sq ft loft sound like a data
center :-(
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rdo-list] Cheap, quiet hardware for a small RDO installation?
Hi Kodiak,
That sounds awesome!
I would appreciate that, thank you.
Regards,
Dave.
On 12/02/2014 10:44 AM, Kodiak Firesmith wrote:
I recently did this using micro-ATX to save money over they shuttle
/
ITX form factor. I built around the cheapest low-wattage AMD quad-core
APU I could find on Newegg with 8GB RAM on each box and slow 1tb
spinning platters. I think I got down to about $340 / each for all
components including PCI-e 2x1GB NICs I got second hand from a parts
liquidator. If you are interested in specifics I can try to compile
them after work.
- Kodiak
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Dave Neary <dneary(a)redhat.com
<mailto:dneary@redhat.com>> wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking for ideas of mini PCs I can use for a small RDO cloud -
looking at maybe 3 shuttle PCs, each with "enough" disk (maybe 800GB
total storage) and RAM (8GB per PC enough?). Also, I'm wondering if 2
NICs is reasonable to ask for. My desired price point is *low* - all 3
for under $1000 would be ideal, failing that, as close to it as
possible.
Anyone have recommendations for hardware that would serve this process?
Thanks,
Dave.
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