Thursday 12 May 2016

RDMA via RoCE 101 for Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)

We’ve decided to run with RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) for our Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) proof of concept (PoC).

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  • (4) Intel Server Systems R2224WTTYS
    • Dual Intel Xeon Processors, 256GB ECC, Dual Mellanox ConnectX-3, and x540-T2
    • Storage is a mix of 10K SAS and Intel SATA SSDs to start
  • (2) Mellanox MSX1012 56Gbps Switches
  • (2) NETGEAR XS712T 10GbE Switches
  • (2) Cisco SG500x-48 Gigabit Switches
  • APC 1200mm 42U Enclosure
  • APC 6KV 220v UPS with extended runtime batteries

The following is a list of resources we’ve gathered together as of this writing:

This is, by far, not the most comprehensive of lists. The best place to start in our opinion is with Didier’s video and the PDF of the slides in that video. Then move on to the Mellanox resources.

We’ll update this blog post as we come across more materials and eventually get a process guide in place.

Philip Elder
Microsoft High Availability MVP
MPECS Inc.
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book
Our Cloud Service

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

How many TLAs????

Philip Elder Cluster MVP said...

I don't do acronyms very well. :S

What is a TLA?

1111 said...

TLA = Three Letter Acronym

:)

Philip Elder Cluster MVP said...

Eric,

Indeed. There are so many I'm thinking I may start a dictionary as folks seem to speak them a lot! :S

And, I need to learn to pay attention to everything I post to make sure any acronyms are defined. Obviously I missed a few found in the video's name.