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

[Stuart Burns]

Without revealing numbers, did you do a costing exercise between a
traditional setup v the dell solution?


On 20 May 2014 12:21, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:

> I completely agree with you, I've given them a lot of the similar caveats
> along with pricing for regular rackmount servers. I'll certainly let you
> know if they go for it.
>
>
> On 20 May 2014 17:14, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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