[Cialug] Virtual Box and NAS

[Dave Hala Jr]

I've decided not to launch the VM database servers from a file server or
NAS, as I wont be able to fund a fiber channel device to get the kind of
performance that I would need for the database servers.

I've still got a need for about 4tb of just general file storage. If I
could outperform a ReadyNas 1500 using hardware that I have laying
around or an considering taking out of service, its worth considering.


On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 20:47 -0500, Jon Clemons wrote:
> IMO 4 sata drives aren't going to give much performance for several
> virtual machines especially database servers with lots of io. If your
> going to build your own then look at openfiler. 
> 
> 
> Dave Hala Jr <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>         
>         I was looking for high performance file server for a reasonable amount
>         of money. Consensus is that a home built file server would readily out
>         perform most of the NAS boxes in the under $1500.00 range.
>         
>         On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 17:50 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
>         > At 05:45 PM 8/17/2011, you wrote:
>         > >So... the question is, if we have a Centos 6 file server, with a 
>         > >1gbintel nic and a 3ware 8006-4lp sata controller with 4 or so 1.5gb 
>         > >7200sata drives in a raid 5 configuration, does a dual Pentium III 
>         > >1.4 ghzmachine with 2gb of ram have enough horsepower for decent performance?
>         > 
>         > Performance at what? X windows, probably not, . . file/print, certainly.
>         > 
>         >          Lee 
>         > 
>         >
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