[Linux-cluster] Recommended HP servers for cluster suite

[Timothy Lin]

Blades are a lot more expensive than comparable 1U/2U boxes. Great if 
you are running out of space.
another good thing is, with proper SAN planning and boot-from san setup, 
you can do drop-in replacement when a blade fails.

we have good experience putting clustersuite on BL35p ( the half height 
blades ) , but GFS is another story.
(Might have something to do with MSA1500 we have, Redhat and HP are 
blaming each other on that issue)
 
iLO is pretty nice, but I think VMware consoles are easier to use :) 
Now if i can just figure out how to make GFS work properly in ESX server 
....

Tim.

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>>>
>>> Blades.
>>> bl20p can be had very cheap nowadays, but should be enough for most 
>>> tasks.
>>> Downside: only two internal disks, the rest is via SAN (or iSCSI). 
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>>
>> I want to add a vote for the proliant bl* series. It uses iLO...not 
>> the older Riloe cards, which have been problematic now and then.
>>
>> -J
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