[Atlas-anchors-pilot] Provisional hardware specs for Atlas Anchors

Fri Sep 7 08:41:38 CEST 2012

Hi,

the server is a standard box and there are only a few things I would like to request.
- Dell is not my favored hardware vendor, too many changes in hardware over time and in Germany (sometimes) a real bad support. We are using HP and have no problems here. But this is not a show stopper, Dell will work too.
- Memory is "only" 0,008 Terabyte but hard disk is around 1,8 Terabyte. In my understanding the box should serve as a meta hub for the measurement network, that means lots of request. You will need good network cards and lots of ram.
- How should the box be connected to the backbone e.g. routing protocol or default route? How many ip´s will be needed?
- Can the Broadcom 5720 network chip process the ip traffic (lots of tiny packets?) (http://bit.ly/PNM59n). My suggestion is, get a "good" four port network card. 
- What kind of software will be run on the box?

I am looking forward to the Q & A by Vesna ;-)

Regards
 Stefan

Am 06.09.2012 um 17:09 schrieb Vesna Manojlovic <BECHA at ripe.net>:

> Hi,
> 
> (welcome to the list - this is the first message... :)
> 
> I'll send more info tomorrow (lots of Q&A),
> but I wanted to have a separate thread for the HW specs.
> So here they are -- please realize that these are preliminary,
> and we already know that, for example, we want to add more memory...
> 
> Regards,
> Vesna
> 
> HW specs:
> 
> Dell PowerEdge R320
> 
> Components
> 1 Intel Xeon E5-2420 1.90GHz, 15M Cache, 7.2GT/s QPI, Turbo, 6C, 95W 
> 1 Chassis with up to 4, 3.5" or 2.5" Hot Plug Hard Drives 
> 1 Bezel - 4/8 Drive Chassis 
> 1 Performance Optimized 
> 1 1600 MHz RDIMMs 
> 1 8GB RDIMM, 1600 MHz, Standard Volt, Dual Rank, x4 
> 1 VFlash, 8GB SD Card for iDRAC Enterprise 
> 4 600GB SAS 6Gbps 15k 3.5" HD Hot Plug 
> 1 PERC H710 Integrated RAID Controller, 512MB NV Cache 
> 1 Heat Sink,PowerEdge 
> 1 No Optical Drive 
> 1 Dual Hot Plug Power Supplies 350W 
> 1 Power Distribution Board for Hot Plug Power Supplies 
> 2 2M Rack Power Cord C13/C14 12A 
> 1 SAS Cable for 3.5" in Hot Plug Chassis 
> 1 On Board Network Adapter 
> 1 ReadyRails Sliding Rack Rails with Cable Management Arm 
> 1 iDRAC7 Enterprise 
> 1 iDRAC Port Card 
> 
> Software
> 1 Performance BIOS Setting 
> 
> Service
> 1 Base Warranty 
> 1 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day - Minimum Warranty 
> 1 3Yr ProSupport and Next Business Day On-Site Service 
> 1 INFO 1Yr ProSupport and Next Business Day Onsite Service 
> 1 Declined Remote Advisory 
> 
> 
> 
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