Project:Infrastructure/Shopping list

This page is used to list things on infra's shopping list. The goal is to solicit feedback from the community on available options and pricing.

Switch
We have a temporary loaner switch at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSUOSL), this is because the Cisco WS-C2970G-24T-E switch purchased in 2011 failed in 2020.

Requirements:

 * At least 12 10GBASE-T ports
 * SFP+ not presently in use, but maybe for future expansion
 * Present 10GBASE-T hosts
 * oriole & ovenbird each have 2x 10GBASE-T
 * catbus has 4x 10GBASE-T
 * Remote management
 * VLAN support

Nice to have:

 * Bonding/trunking
 * redundant PSU: this would only be for the PSU failing, we don't have redundant power feeds in the rack (both breakers come from the same circuit)

Computing
We have some aging hardware at the OSUOSL. We need generic computing boxes.

Goal:
We don't need the fastest beefiest boxes. Primarily we need:
 * fast storage (SSD/NVM-e): almost all our operations are IO-bound.
 * Power Optimized: We are constrained on power in this hosting location; so don't want the fastest power-sucking threadripper; would rather take a low/mid range core with better power curves.
 * space optimized: 1-2U preferable.
 * We'd have 4-5 moderately sized units than 1-2 huge beefy units, esp. using Ganeti where the failure domain can be contained.
 * 2 storage units in RAID1 for the OS on each box.
 * 10Gbit ethernet is a requirement.

Migrate to VM:

 * vulture.gentoo.org (GSOC box), a Dell SC1435, 4GB RAM, dual opteron 2210, 2xST3500630NS (500 GB 7200 RPM spinning rust.)

Replacing:

 * jacamar.gentoo.org (CI box)
 * whitebox supermicro
 * 64GB ram
 * dual opteron 6272's
 * 2x Samsung 860 1T (RAID1)
 * 4x WD 1T (RAID10)
 * 2x WD mixed (old disks from other hosts)
 * sucks power
 * writes 100GiB/day


 * dipper.gentoo.org (masterdistfiles.gentoo.org):
 * dellpoweredge R415
 * 2x6 core opterons
 * 32G RAM
 * 8T usable disk
 * 4x Seagate ST33000651AS in HWRAID5
 * Writes 200GiB/day


 * oriole.gentoo.org & ovenbird.gentoo.org (hypervisors in Ganeti cluster)
 * whitebox supermicro (2U SuperServer 2028TP-DECTR)
 * 128GB ram
 * 2x E5-2620 v4
 * Disk:
 * 2x Samsung 850 1T (RAID1)
 * 4x Seagate ST2000NX0273 2T (mixed RAID1 LVs over the disks)
 * Writes 1TiB/day (each)

Recommendations (unaudited)

 * kitten suggests just goint Dell R700-series (both Intel and AMD available.) Basic specs are about 4-5k per unit. Fancy enterprise boxes, w/Procs. 4-5k does not include disks or RAM.
 * Slashbeast suggests going more workstation class (rather than server.) Barebones: https://www.newegg.com/asrock-rack-1u4lw-x570-2l2t-amd-ryzen-5000-series-desktop-processors-amd-ryzen-4000-g-series-desktop/p/N82E16816775021 We'd have to price out the other components.
 * https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/servers-storage-and-networking/poweredge-r6515-rack-server/spd/poweredge-r6515/pe_r6515_13732_vi_vp?configurationid=0c73bea1-bab9-4099-9124-70ad7a48f921 (barebones dell)