Re: Ideal hardware spec?

[Wido den Hollander <wido@widodh.nl>]

On 08/22/2012 05:46 PM, Jonathan Proulx wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 04:17:23PM +0200, Wido den Hollander wrote:
>
> :On 08/22/2012 03:55 PM, Jonathan Proulx wrote:
>
> :You can also use the USB sticks[0] from Stec, they have servergrade
> :onboard USB sticks for these kind of applications.
>
> Those look quite interesting.
>

They should be much more reliable than regular USB sticks due to their 
SLC memory.

You could also take a look at these: 
http://www.transcend-info.com/industry/products_details.asp?CatNo=2&SerNo=14&ModNo=28&Func1No=1

> :A couple of questions still need to be answered though:
> :* Which OS are you planning on using? Ubuntu 12.04 is recommended
>
> Ubuntu 12.04 is our current preferred OS
>

That should work fine.

> :* Which filesystem do you want to use underneath the OSDs?
>
> Whatever I can get to work best in testing :)
>
> Since this is for a research platform not a product I'd likely start with
> BTRFS and see if it is "stable enough" and "performant enough" with
> fall back to XFS if needed
>

BTRFS is indeed the best in terms of features. I'd recommend using a 
recent kernel like 3.5.

Wido

> -Jon
>
> :Wido
> :
> :[0]: http://www.stec-inc.com/product/ufm.php
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