[Chester LUG] Anyone fancy a cluster in a box?

[Stuart Burns]

The thing is, although it is an easy wheel in design, what it doesn't
account for is the cost. If you have 2 blades, you can only really fill 50%
of your cluster if you want to keep HA restart available in case a blade
fails.

The cost per blade also get expensive if you go past an 8 GB DIMM size

Anyhow, what I am really saying is that those virtual machines will cost an
absolute fortune (relatively speaking) in cost per VM. However, as I said,
it is an easy, wheel in, power on solution that will work for a lot of
people.

If your customer does get one Les, let me know. I would be very interested
to see it in the flesh rather than second hand from the VMUG presentation.

On 20 May 2014 10:47, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:

> He he, well I have been specing one out for a client. So maybe I could
> borrow theirs for a bit :-)
> On 20 May 2014 15:43, "Stuart Burns" <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yep that's the one. I think you should buy one and do a show n tell lol
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 20 May 2014, at 15:38, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is that the VRTX? Looks like an interesting box, but you're right about
>> the price. Their 3 blades sounds tiny compared to this cluster!
>>
>>
>> On 20 May 2014 14:42, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey everyone.
>>>
>>> Dell do a n+1 box designed to be a smb solution with storage included.
>>> It isn't as small as that one but it comes on wheels. Only problem is I
>>> think about 2p change from 15k
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On 20 May 2014, at 10:50, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm getting my credit card.... :-)
>>> On 20 May 2014 10:44, "Thomas Prophett" <thomas at thomasprophett.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> £7.5K for the base spec orange box.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tranquilpcshop.co.uk/ubuntu-orange-box/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 20 May 2014 10:39, Joe Foy <joe.foy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As far as I understand from the Ubuntu UK podcast they will only be
>>>>> renting them with the training.
>>>>> On 20 May 2014 10:35, "Aaron Jackson" <aaron at aaronsplace.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That is beautiful! I'd like one for myself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sure there are quite a few small businesses which would really
>>>>>> benefit from having one of these. Nice and compact.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are they planning on actually selling them or just bundled with the
>>>>>> training?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Les Pritchard" <les.pritchard at gmail.com>
>>>>>> To: "chester" <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, 19 May, 2014 9:41:04 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [Chester LUG] Anyone fancy a cluster in a box?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, those days when you think, "Ah if only I'd brought my cluster
>>>>>> with me..." could now be over! Ubuntu's new system fits 10 servers in
>>>>>> something you can carry around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This was announced last week, so sorry if you've already seen it, but
>>>>>> I like this Jobs like reveal!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Straight to the reveal:
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYdIJrJRLQ#t=13m50s
>>>>>>
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