[Rdo-list] Cheap, quiet hardware for a small RDO installation?

[Kodiak Firesmith]

> FWIW - does anyone know of a < $500 system (motherboard, cpu, power,
case) that can go to 64 GB?

*Qty.**Product Description**Savings**Total Price*1

[image: HEC Vigilance400 Black 0.5 mm Thickness SGCC MicroATX Mini Tower
Computer Case with Dual 8cm Fan, 2x USB2.0, Audio HP400 400W Power Supply]

HEC Vigilance400 Black Computer Case with Dual 8cm Fan, 2x USB2.0, Audio
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811121125>
Item #:N82E16811121125
Return Policy: Iron Egg Guarantee Return Policy

$44.99

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USB2.0, Audio to cart]
<http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/AddToCart.aspx?Submit=ADD&ItemList=N82E16811121125%7c1>
1

[image: AMD A8-5600K Trinity Quad-Core 3.6GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket FM2
100W Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7560D
AD560KWOHJBOX]

AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with
DirectX 11 Graphic
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819113281>
Item #:N82E16819113281
Return Policy: Iron Egg Guarantee Replacement-Only Return Policy

$89.99

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+ GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic to cart]
<http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/AddToCart.aspx?Submit=ADD&ItemList=N82E16819113281%7c1>
1

[image: GIGABYTE GA-F2A58M-DS2 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A58 (Bolton D2) Micro ATX AMD
Motherboard]

GIGABYTE GA-F2A58M-DS2 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813128736>
Item #:N82E16813128736
Return Policy: Iron Egg Guarantee Return Policy

$58.99
$48.99

[image: Add GIGABYTE GA-F2A58M-DS2 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard to cart]
<http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/AddToCart.aspx?Submit=ADD&ItemList=N82E16813128736%7c1>
1

[image: AMD Reward Gift – Online Game Code]

AMD Reward Gift – Online Game Code
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16800984009>
Item #:N82E16800984009
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$9.99

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<http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/AddToCart.aspx?Submit=ADD&ItemList=N82E16800984009%7c1>*Grand
Total:*$183.97
( Micr ATX AMD APU based systems are really cheap these days...)

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On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:

> My intro to Openstack was a talk by someone using 12 HP micro servers in
> his office.
>
> - They are quiet enough.
> - Have an internal USB port to put the OS boot on so all 4 disk bays could
> be storage
> - Have IPMI (iLO/iDRAC) so remote power toggle can work
>    = He got an addressable PDU bcause the IPMI wasn't reliable enough
> - Have a PCIe x1 for a gigabit ethernet card
>    = there are 1 and 2 port gigabit ethernet cards that work for < $50
> - RAM could be upped to 8 GB (later systems can do more)
>
> He added 1 or 2 network switches and was able to power & run it in his
> office.
>
> I think one node is a provisioning server so everything could be PXE
> booted.  If you don't have that, I'd want an IPMI that can use virtual
> storage and remote console.  Supermicro IPMI comes with it (and I've found
> the power toggle to be reliable enough).  iDRAC is a license.  Desktops
> typically do not have IPMI.
>
> I think you'd want at least 2 network ports for your nodes and 3+ on the
> controller.
> The limiting factor will be RAM, not cores.  I'll take a 32 GB quad core
> system over a 12 core 16GB system.
>
> FWIW - does anyone know of a < $500 system (motherboard, cpu, power, case)
> that can go to 64 GB?
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Dave Neary <dneary at 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.
>>
>> --
>> Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy
>> Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com
>> Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338
>>
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