[TriLUG] data center class x86 systems

[Boggs, Ted]

Yes, the Cisco stuff looks pretty nice.  It plays very nicely with RHEV, if
you are looking to virtualize.  I think it is still too early to comment on
reliability though.  That said, I am sure it it probably at least average.

--
Ted Boggs



On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for HP x86 blades and RHEL5.  No issues.  I like the BL460 Intel
> blades better than the BL685 AMD blades, but do some benchmarking to
> see which product works best for you.  Lots of choices now from all
> the vendors.
>
> They're new, but I really like Cisco's UCS blade architecture.  Maybe
> not as important to have all those features for Oracle but sure looks
> nice if you're managing a data center with a bunch of app servers.
>
> sean
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Keith Woodie <kwoodie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We currently leverage Red Hat Linux 5 and HP x86 blades for our Oracle
> > cluster, which is fairly stable.  I would be curious what hardware vendor
> > your currently leveraging.
> >
> > Keith Woodie
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