tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post4819817137403317546..comments2024-03-17T15:34:05.492-06:00Comments on MPECS Inc. Blog: Hyper-V Cluster – IMS, Second DC, Backup, and Power Hardware ConfigurationPhilip Elder Cluster MVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082028960643490292noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-45658426882369202522011-03-04T01:14:06.135-07:002011-03-04T01:14:06.135-07:00I thought I should add that the biggest place I...I thought I should add that the biggest place I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the IMS is with regards to the SAN configuration. I noticed that you have a very simple configuration with basically 2 arrays below, but Intel seems to recommend having at least 4 different arrays. When do you think it is important condense down the number of arrays even if they have conflicting sequential vs. random writing patterns, into higher performing RAID 10s by combining together?<br /><br />Also, I noticed that you opted to use MLC SSDs. At what point in your experience do you think it is a good idea to use these SSDs.<br /><br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-4075118666099768762011-03-04T01:09:43.896-07:002011-03-04T01:09:43.896-07:00Looks like another great configuration Philip, I’m...Looks like another great configuration Philip, I’m hoping you can help me with a few things though in configuring an MFSYS25v2 for one of my clients. We were planning on setting it up in the following configuration:<br /><br />- MFSYS25v2<br /> - 1x compute module<br /> - Single E5620, 24GB RAM<br /> - Single storage control module<br /> - Single Ethernet switch module<br /> - 2x Power supplies<br /> - 2x1TB 7.2k RAID 1 for Bulk Storage VHDs (Redirected Folders)<br /> - 2x600GB RAID 1 for database VHDs (Exchange/SQL)<br /> - 2x600GB RAID 1 for Hyper-V Server OS Partition and VM OS VHDs<br /> - 2x73GB RAID 1 for Logs<br /> - Backup done via a remote DPM 2010 server that has the capability of restoring and booting up all the VMs that are ran on-site.<br /><br />The system is a first server for a rapidly growing company that wants the ability to someday soon move into an HA setup.<br /> <br />Do you have any advice you could give a fellow IT Consultant that is putting together a production IMS for the first time for the purpose of virtualizing SBS 2011 Premium?<br /><br />I mostly want to make sure that I don't make any decisions today with this setup that will lock me down in the future to not being able to move towards SBS 2011 running in a CSV configuration.<br /><br />Thank you!<br />-AaronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-65370518689898028472011-02-22T18:34:45.228-07:002011-02-22T18:34:45.228-07:00Chris,
Thank you very much for the pointer! We wi...Chris,<br /><br />Thank you very much for the pointer! We will look into the ATS for sure.<br /><br />PhilipPhilip Elder Cluster MVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082028960643490292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-28302483295163429932011-02-22T15:03:39.821-07:002011-02-22T15:03:39.821-07:00That's a nice setup. I'd add an APC ATS in...That's a nice setup. I'd add an APC ATS into that mix to provide power redundacy to the single-corded devices, enabling you to perform UPS maintenance without taking the single-corded devices offline.<br />http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=14stryqxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725668205462749500noreply@blogger.com