VeryPC Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Very Awesome .... Can you PM me Disti or Vendor details . :) Andy
glennda Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 Very Awesome .... Can you PM me Disti or Vendor details . :) Andy I'm trying to locate them in the UK - at present I can only see them online in the US. I just googled Sata Dom to get that picture!
X-13 Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 I'm trying to locate them in the UK - at present I can only see them online in the US. I just googled Sata Dom to get that picture! Something like this? It's not as fancy looking... but it appears to be similar.
glennda Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 Something like this? It's not as fancy looking... but it appears to be similar. Looks the same its just in a case. I'm trying to locate a channel partner with it!
CyberNerd Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 IBM Bladeservers have a standard internal USB slot for virtual images. I think ESX hypervisor images are circa £150 or something equally stupid direct from IBM. Alternatively a £5 usb stick and a free download works pretty well for a hypervisor!
glennda Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 IBM Bladeservers have a standard internal USB slot for virtual images. I think ESX hypervisor images are circa £150 or something equally stupid direct from IBM. Alternatively a £5 usb stick and a free download works pretty well for a hypervisor! USB sticks are ok but personally we've been bitten by them failing. at the Open-E training course they also recommended people didn't use them as even the quality ones tended to fail (they are not designed for 24/7 operations. All the newer HP servers have Internal SD card slots which are more slightly more robust then a USB stick.
SYNACK Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 USB sticks are ok but personally we've been bitten by them failing. at the Open-E training course they also recommended people didn't use them as even the quality ones tended to fail (they are not designed for 24/7 operations. All the newer HP servers have Internal SD card slots which are more slightly more robust then a USB stick. Interesting, usb card reader on the older models any better?
glennda Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 Interesting, usb card reader on the older models any better? Possibly - but it depends on what parts are dieing in the USB. If its the usb parts rather then the memory modules (which I presume it is as they would be the same memory modules most likely in a Sata DOM) you may then get the same/similar failure rate on the USB SD card reader.
Arthur Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 USB sticks are ok but personally we've been bitten by them failing. Perhaps a USB flash drive-sized SSD would be better? e.g. SuperTalent Express RC8 (uses a SandForce SF-1200 controller)
glennda Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 Perhaps a USB flash drive-sized SSD would be better? e.g. SuperTalent Express RC8 (uses a SandForce SF-1200 controller) They may work but never used one. I've just found a UK reseller of the InnoDisk Satadom SSD's - Similar as above but on a Sata slot instead of USB.
synaesthesia Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 THIS is how to do it ! With OCZ SSDs? That's NOT how you do it!
SYNACK Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 THIS is how to do it ! If you need to thin client the whole school and run all the servers on the same VM cluster. I wouldn't mind it for some of my AI ideas though
SYNACK Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 With OCZ SSDs? That's NOT how you do it! Google does aim for disposability, that choice ensures it 1
Arthur Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 With OCZ SSDs? That's NOT how you do it! BSoD in a box!
jamesfed Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 With OCZ SSDs? That's NOT how you do it! They arnt thattt bad Only one failure out of 120 so far and we even run our VDI and RDS server off of them.
CyberNerd Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 They arnt thattt bad Only one failure out of 120 so far and we even run our VDI and RDS server off of them. Our failure rate was much higher than that - 10% on the first batch and 30% on the second. I think OCZ did have some serious firmware issues at that time and it was pretty shoddy - but they replaced them really fast and the replacements have been fine.
jamesfed Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Our failure rate was much higher than that - 10% on the first batch and 30% on the second. I think OCZ did have some serious firmware issues at that time and it was pretty shoddy - but they replaced them really fast and the replacements have been fine. What model was that one? Weve only ever used the newer Agility 3s and the Vertex 4s.
CyberNerd Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 What model was that one? Weve only ever used the newer Agility 3s and the Vertex 4s. The first were Vertex 2 and the second were Agility3. Our Agility 3 were pretty bad but when replaced they have been fine so I suspect its down to the firmware on them. Intel and crucial all the way now though...
jamesfed Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 The first were Vertex 2 and the second were Agility3. Our Agility 3 were pretty bad but when replaced they have been fine so I suspect its down to the firmware on them. Intel and crucial all the way now though... Sounds about right weve been largely fine on v1.35 that comes on the Agility 3s now - did have pretty weird thing with the Vertex 4s when flashing them to the latest version (needed to remove the power from the SSD before booting the PC again else it stuck on the previous firmware version. Either way I think it was a software thing although I am thinking about other options for the next roll out.
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