Compute: VMware vSphere 7
- 3 x Dell R620, each spec'd as follows:
- (2) Intel Xeon E5-2670 @ 2.60GHz
- Hyperthreading enabled for 32 logical CPUs per host.
- "Sibling Scheduler" (SCAv2)
- 256GiB RAM
- Boot from 64GB SATADOM card
- Dell PERC H710P 6Gbps SAS/SATA HBA
- (10) 512GB Transcend (TS512GSSD370) SSD SATA
- RAID0 per device
- claimed by vSAN for capacity
- (2) 800GB Intel P3600 NVMe (SSDPEDME800G401)
- claimed by vSAN for buffer
- Broadcom BCM57800 LOM
- (2) 10GigE CNA (850nm SFP+ optics)
- (2) 1GBase-T
- iDRAC 7 Enterprise
- Redundant power
Storage: IP-based
- HPE Nimble CS300 (offline to save on power, heat, & noise)
- (12) 1TB Capacity
- (4) 600GB SSD cache
- Dual controller
- (2) 10GBase-F per controller (850nm SFP+ optics)
- Nimble OS 5
- Synology RS3614xs+
- (12) Western Digital [HGST] Ultrastar DC (HUS728T8TALE6L4) 7200RPM SATA
- RAID6 Storage Pool
- (2) 10GBase-F (850nm SFP+ optics)
- PCIe add-in card
- bonded (failover mode)
- multiple VLANs (configured via cli)
- DSM 6
- NFS exports:
- ISOs (readonly, managed via Windows/SMB)
- Logs
- Synology RS3614xs
- (12) Western Digital [HGST] Ultrastar DC (HUS728T8TALE6L4) 7200RPM SATA
- RAID6 Storage Pool
- (2) 10GBase-F (850nm SFP+ optics)
- PCIe add-in card
- bonded (failover mode)
- multiple VLANs (configured via cli)
- DSM 6
- Backup target for RS3614xs+ (HyperBackup)
- Synology DS1817+
- (8) 1TB SanDisk X400 SSD
- RAID5 Storage Pool (cold spare on the shelf)
- (4) 1GBase-T
- (2) Management network
- (2) 10GBase-F (850nm SFP+ optics)
- PCIe add-in card
- bonded (failover mode)
- multiple VLANs (configured via cli)
- DSM 7
- NFS export for VMs:
- HPe StoreOnce VSA
- Windows Server 2019 (VBR Repository)
- Backup target for VBR (Veeam Backup & Replication)
Networking:
- (2) Cisco SG550XG-24F ("core")
- (22) 10GbE SFP+
- (2) SFP+/10GBase-T combo ports
- ISL (inter-switch links): 2x10GbE LACP LAG using DAC/Twinax
- Downlinks (to child switches): 10GbE SFP+, 1GbE SFP
- STP Priority: 16384
- vrrp v3 for inter-VLAN routing
- (2) Cisco SG500X-24
- (24) 1000Base-T MDI/MDI-X
- (4) 10GbE SFP+
- Uplinks: (2) 10GbE using DAC/Twinax
- STP Priority: 32768
- Cisco SG300-52P
- (48) 1000Base-T MDI/MDI-X w/PoE (30W/port, 375W max)
- (2) 1000Base-T MDI/MDI-X
- (2) SFP/1000Base-T combo ports
- Uplinks: (2) 1GbE using SFP
- STP Priority: 32768
- Qotom mini PC (router+firewall)
- Intel i5-5200U
- 8GB RAM / 16GB SSD
- (4) 1GBase-T
- (2) Cisco SG300-10 for non-PoE end devices
- (1) Cisco SG300-10PP for PoE end devices
- (3) Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC-Pro (using hostifi.net for controller...check them out!)
Miscellaneous Hardware/Software:
- (2) APC SmartUPS X 3000 (SMX3000LV) w/NMC2
- APC AP7750 8-port automatic transfer switch
- Internet HTTP/SSL redirection via Citrix NetScaler ADC freeware (HA pair)
- Backup & Data protection:
- Veeam Backup & Replication
- Veeam Backup for Office 365 Community Edition
- Veeam Agent for Windows Free
- Jungle Disk
- Synology CloudSync
- Remote access via:
- VMware Horizon 8
- StarTech rack and vertical-mount brackets
- Fiber optics (transceivers, patch cables) via FiberStore, including their firmware management tool
Resources:
The following is a list of resellers who can supply similar/identical hardware (if not linked above) as an alternative to direct manufacturer sources:- Dell Servers: Stallard Technology, Inc
- Fiber SFP/SFP+/DAC/850nm patch cables: Fiberstore
And as always, scour Ebay and Amazon before committing to buy elsewhere.
no promotional consideration was provided for this entire environment
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