But on the other hand one cannot anticipate future requirements so a higher spec does provide some future proofing. On the point of public money, we are being TOLD to spend a large amount of public money by the end of March. This is only part of it.
John
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> Subject: Re: Proposed Server for GridMon and PerfSonar
>
> Just my tuppence, having been running perfsonar for a few months now,
> but 4GB is ample. Also I CPU is plenty.
>
> Dual PSUs are not a bad idea, but far from essential.
>
> Mirrored disks are more or less essential.
>
> It looks to me as though the spec discussed is much (bordering on
> grossly) over what is required.
>
> It is public money being spent. Specifying boxes close to the actual
> load is really a good idea.
>
> Ian
>
> On 10 Jan 2012, at 14:37, "Santanu Das"
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> We think that the memory should be 24GB, as 16GB is not an optimal
> configuration and suppliers will be reluctant to quote.
>
> -Santanu
>
>
> On 10/01/2012 12:33, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Hi,
> The specification I came up with is for both GridMon and PerfSonar is
> below.
> My logic was to have a reasonably spec'd device which would meet any of
> the monitoring requirements that we may have to support over the coming
> 3 - 5 years.
> The device can support a 10 Gigabit interface if required.
>
> However, there is a cheaper solution to this which is the Dell R610 for
> PerfSonar.
> The device is approximately £300 cheaper than the R410 below. It too
> can support a 10 Gigabit interface.
> It is theoretically possible that this device could also be used as the
> Gridmon client as well.
>
> Therefore, could we have a quick discussion on which device we wish to
> buy as we should have a standardised model across the UK for these
> devices.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
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