The way I have things setup:
Primary NAS
TrueNAS Scale running on an old desktop
~18TiB usable from old enterprise 3.2TB SAS flash drives
Secondary NAS
TrueNAS Scale running in a VM on ESX
6TiB of capacity in the pool
I replicate everything from my primary system (~5TiB at present) to my...
For what it's worth, I've had good luck with my pair of Eaton 5P units. They have holders to make them floor-standing, or versions that are more portly and would fit under desks. I figured if the large storage OEMs were using them for their arrays, they couldn't be too bad (could they?).
For connection to DGX, I'd look at Vast, DDN, or PowerScale's F600/F900 nodes. These will all have a cost that may not be within budget, but are robust solutions backed by a support team for when stuff breaks. They're also fairly turnkey so they will have a quick time-to-value. All support...
Mikrotik has some very cost-effective (depending on your budget) 10Gb switches if you want something new with a web interface for management. If you want used gear, eBay may have other options. Ubiquiti has some 10Gb/s gear but their switches are, in my opinion, overpriced.
I've done this. The Clover bootloader on an SD card is what my R720 boots to. It loads an NVMe module, which can then find the Optane drive in a PCIe slot (through an M.2 to PCIe adapter), and finally boot from the SSD. It wasn't a horrible setup; it took a little persistence to get the config...
Hi Mark,
The link is here. I'm not sure the frequency (it doesn't seem daily), but the two times I've checked, they have in-demand products and not stuff from the junk drawer. :)
I own a Dell R720. It has an EFI BIOS but does not support booting from NVMe cards natively. However, you can go get Clover: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/
https://www.win-raid.com/t2375f50-Guide-NVMe-boot-without-modding-your-UEFI-BIOS-Clover-EFI-bootloader-method.html
Boot...
I deal with enterprise class storage arrays day in and day out. What we're hearing from the vendor is, any drive over 500GB should probably have a dual-parity RAID like R6. That's not to say you couldn't run R5 and have no problems upon rebuilds, but as drives get larger, rebuild times extend...
Regarding the partition alignment, this was a problem on Windows (and Linux) up to Server 2003. Server 2008 is supposed to have it fixed out of the box. The problem is, the operating system would detect 63 sectors per track, but should be picking up 64 sectors per track. This causes...
It really doesn't need to be complicated, it just depends on what your needs are. Something to note is, RAID-(1/10/5/whatever) is not a backup. If the OS decides to write a bad bit, all of the data can go south with it. RAID (non level zero) really exists to protect you in the event of drive...
All,
This is from a coworker whom I have a great respect for. His daughter Laura has Rett Syndrome, a developmental disorder in the autism spectrum, and PepsiCo has picked a project that could help his daughter or others that may come after her. Please take the time to follow the link and...
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