We finally achieved bootable and usable system booted off iSCSI, and the base Debian 7 template is now done. Initial production system testing on the SAN:Core2DuoIntel Gbit adapterSingle connection, Single SessionNo jumbo frames 108M/s throughput on first attempt and 3200IOPS. Comparison: WD Black using the same tests achieved only 160IOPS. Read More »
New service provisionings are lagging behind due to the network and hardware build out. It makes no sense to acquire from the old locations more servers just to be migrated out shortly.
We are days away from production.
Redundancy and performance is extra important on storage, so today we were at the DC brainstorming this. We ended up on decision to build a big cluster of small machines, and keep on upgrading those on a as needed basis. This will give much better redundancy as things are relying on many more individual machines and scale out is easier on our ... Read More »
Our first transit link should be up and operational tomorrow. Our IP Block got assigned already. Netboot/iSCSI boot is still undone, but first storage brick is now stable and final configuration. i3s require 19VDC power input, a oversight in design, it was assumed they have wide input as well, so these will be delayed until late next week to get ... Read More »