<br>sadly, I get a mish-mash of variable hardware scavenged from the scrap heap. Core network switch is 10/100, 12 year old servers run the bulk of the vm's. We shell out enough in power and cooling because of antique hardware that we could replace the entire vm stack with a single, modern system and pay for it fully in 2 years on power and cooling savings. But THAT is from a different budget so no one sees the savings.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Ed Cashin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ecashin@noserose.net">ecashin@noserose.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Simplicity of configuration, higher performance, and lower cost. But I'm in danger of getting off topic for this forum. Our sales guys answer that question for a living.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br>On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Lightner, Jeff <<a href="mailto:JLightner@water.com" target="_blank">JLightner@water.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> And the benefit of that over a fibre HBA would be...?<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ed Cashin<br>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:01 PM<br>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>> Subject: Re: [ale] FCoE<br>><br>> FCoE is nice if you have compatibility requirements, but you might<br>> talk to one of the sales people at my employer otherwise. Our HBA<br>
> (closed source driver) makes the (AoE) storage targets on the ethernet<br>> network appear as SCSI, but the open source initiator for Linux makes<br>> them appear as Linux block devices.<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.coraid.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coraid.com/</a><br>
><br>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Looking at fiber channel over Ethernet. It's in the kernel but it's a new<br>
>> technology for me as it requires some $$$$ hardware.<br>>><br>>> It looks like a good way to glue multiple devices (servers, storage) onto a<br>>> single very high-speed connection. I'm looking at dual 10G Ethernet to a<br>
>> switch that support 10G fiber ports as well. May be getting my paws on a<br>>> pair of NexSan satabeast chassis for storage. Thinking of gluing those into<br>>> a KVM stack with some 10G for some high speed, high core core count cpu<br>
>> boxes. (plus some older VMWare ESX boxes on copper 1G Ethernet).<br>>><br>>> Anyone have any gotchas/tips/ "Jim what the hell are you doing?!" ideas they<br>>> want to share?<br>>><br>
>> --<br>>> --<br>>> James P. Kinney III<br>>><br>>> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to<br>>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they<br>
>> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.<br>>> - 2011 Noam Chomsky<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><br>As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
outcome.<br>- <i><i><i><i>2011 Noam Chomsky<br><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br></i></i></i></i><br>