Hi Matt,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Matt Weil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mweil@genome.wustl.edu" target="_blank">mweil@genome.wustl.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Since we are on the subject of hardware what would be the perfect fit for a gluster brick. We where looking at a PowerEdge C2100 Rack Server.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Just a note: the c2100 has been superseded by the Dell r720xd. Although the r720 is not part of the c-series, it's their official replacement.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">During testing I found it pretty easy to saturate 1 Gig network links. This was also the case when multiple links where bonded together. Are there any cheap 10 gig switch alternatives that anyone would suggest?</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div><div>While not necessarily cheap, I've had great luck with Arista 7050 switches. </div><div><br></div><div>We implement them in sets of two, linked together. We then use dual-port 10gb NICs and connect each NIC to each switch. It gives multiple layers of redundancy + a theoretical 20gb throughput per server.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Joe</div></div>