You can easily alert on failed disks in the PERC controllers. You just need to install Dell's OpenManage agent which makes these notifications possible via integrated interfaces or SNMP, etc.
On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 2:38 PM dave <dmilho...@wletc.com> wrote: > The only thing I hate On a host is the Percs I wish Dell would alert or > something to notify of a failing drive. > > > On 9/28/20 10:18 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > I'm not a CEPH exert, but that is my understanding of it at a high level. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Lewis Bergman" <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Monday, September 28, 2020 8:05:35 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines > > I would assume CEPH takes the physical disks from each host and combines > them into one logical storage for use by the entire cluster? > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 7:39 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> CEPH kind of fills the void where you don't need a dedicated, shared >> storage box. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com> >> *To: *af@af.afmug.com >> *Sent: *Monday, September 28, 2020 7:34:14 AM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines >> >> If you're going to have multiple physical VM hosts then fast shared >> storage is very helpful. When you want to reboot a physical machine for OS >> upgrade and the VM's are on shared storage then you can migrate them off >> that box in a few seconds. Do your maintenance, reboot, migrate VM's >> back. No downtime. >> On 9/27/2020 11:43 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >> >> Thanks guys. Proxmox didn't even come up in my searches. I'll look into >> it. If anyone really knows the space and wouldn't mind spending 15 minutes >> discussing what we need I would appreciate it. >> >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 10:21 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> VMs are a great way to go depending on the job(s) you need to do. As it >>> happens a lot of jobs (e.g. DNS) are not particularly compute intensive, so >>> it's a great way to stretch resources. We find we can run 3 or 4 virtual >>> machines on each physical machine. >>> >>> We used VMware from the get-go, but did not get many of the paid-for >>> bells and whistles. VMware can become pretty expensive, where other >>> solutions (e.g. Proxmox) has an advantage because of open source. >>> >>> The other consideration is containers, which can be thought of as >>> VM-lite. Containers provide almost all of the advantages of VMs with a >>> significantly lighter load on the hardware. As a result, you can load up >>> more applications on less hardware. The leading contender in the container >>> space is Kubernetes and it's also open source. >>> >>> Pick your poison with someone you know who can go over your requirements. >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 9/27/2020 7:27 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >>> >>> I have decided I needed to get on the VM train. I know, I am only 15 >>> years behind. Honestly, till now I haven't had a compelling reason. >>> >>> I want something that will at least do some monitoring of VM's, backups, >>> snapshots, etc. Managed upgrading would be great but not as big a priority >>> for me (at least I don't think so). >>> >>> Since I don't know what I don't know, I am asking the experienced crowd. >>> >>> It seems the two real choices are VMWare and Zen. Are there others? >>> Commercial support seems nice, is it worth paying for? What I will run is >>> important for sure. >>> >>> I spent a few hours last night and I more confused now than when I >>> started. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > Lewis Bergman > 325-439-0533 Cell > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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