@TheDeepStorage said in Deploying a 2-node StarWind VSAN Free for VMware ESXi 6.5:

@hobbit666 said in Deploying a 2-node StarWind VSAN Free for VMware ESXi 6.5:

Thanks just that I might have some kit becoming available but they are all different Dell models, just wondered if the Hard Drive space/RAID matched that would be OK for a test lab,

e.g.
R610, 64GB RAM with 4x 600GB SAS
R410, 64GB RAM with 4x 600GB SAS

Sounds like it will work just fine for a test lab, anyways, once you get down to testing, DM me and I'll get you in touch with an engineer, who will review your environment to make sure everything will work perfectly.

See now I want to purchase more lab equipment to test this. . . .

@scale said in DCJ on Next Gen HCI Unlocks Potential Hybrid Cloud:

The DataCenterJournal's article on Next Gen HCI looks at where hyperconvergence is going in the future and specifically looks at how and why networking may be important in the future to be brought into the HCI fold.

So, how about adding network into that management stack of yours?

And another +1 To backup storage. That's actually what ~70-80% of our customers do with their SANs when swtiching to StarWind HCA or even VSAN.
Another interesting approach which I see less often is to use 2 existing SAN boxes as a storage capacity addition to the new HCI, with some of that storage actually mirrored between the SANs through the HCI storage virtualization layer. This is where customers can actually keep both backup and testing workloads without breaking the SANs into islands of resources.

Sarcasm makes everything better.

@coliver said in Hidden Costs in Hyperconverged Infrastructure:

@scottalanmiller said in Hidden Costs in Hyperconverged Infrastructure:

@coliver said in Hidden Costs in Hyperconverged Infrastructure:

The only one that has some merit, some being a very key word there, is the networking argument. Each individual node is going to cost slightly more depending on what type of networking the implementation requires.

In what way? What would make it cost more.

Number of ports required for this over an IPOD was the basis.

But no extra ports are needed.

Example....

3 Hosts HC Backplane: 2 Ports per host, total 6 ports
3 Hosts SAN: 2 Ports per host, total 8 ports

20 Hosts HC Backplane: 2 Ports per host. total 40 ports
20 Hosts SAN: 2 ports per host, total 42 ports.

The bigger you get the less the extra SAN ports matter, but they are always extra.

Happy Backup Day. Looking forward to seeing everyone online today.

Thank you anyways ... got to maybe rent it out then if anyone needs space.

@triple9 said in Introducing FreeNAS Corral:

@travisdh1 said in Introducing FreeNAS Corral:

@mlnews Are they going to add in a kitchen sink for the next release?

Somehow I don't see this becoming the next @scale.

not yet, for sure 😉

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/18/freenas_downgrades_latest_release_to_tech_preview/

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