[Rdo-list] Cheap, quiet hardware for a small RDO installation?

[Jose_De_La_Rosa at dell.com]

Intel NUCs are a great option, are very quiet and since they are quite small, can fit almost anywhere. One built-in network controller though. I have an all-in-one Juno install at home with 8GB RAM and an i5 processor. Granted I am quite limited, but you can also opt for one with 16GB memory, an i7 processor and a ~250GB SSD for $500-600 at Amazon.com. Some models can hold 2 SSDs (one SATA and one mSATA) so you can have extra disk capacity if needed.

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From: rdo-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rdo-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kashyap Chamarthy
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:58 AM
To: Steven Hardy
Cc: rdo-list
Subject: Re: [Rdo-list] Cheap, quiet hardware for a small RDO installation?

On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 04:48:25PM +0000, Steven Hardy wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:39:03AM -0500, Dave Neary wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm looking for ideas of mini PCs I can use for a small RDO cloud -
> > looking at maybe 3 shuttle PCs, each with "enough" disk (maybe 800GB
> > total storage) and RAM (8GB per PC enough?). Also, I'm wondering if
> > 2 NICs is reasonable to ask for. My desired price point is *low* -
> > all 3 for under $1000 would be ideal, failing that, as close to it as possible.
>
> I've got an HP microserver (which have already been mentioned), and
> they're good if multiple drive bays is a requirement. Not especially
> quiet with multiple disks in it though (depends on your definition of quiet).
>
> Also the small form-factor desktops (I have a Dell Optiplex 7010) are
> good, they support up to 16G RAM, works well for a pre-built solution.
>
> If I were doing this now though, I'd be tempted to look at the Intel
> NUC boxes - they can only take one internal disk but are quite cheap
> and can take up to 16G RAM in some models. Very small too.

Exactly, was about to mention this one. /me was considering it:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-d54250wyk.html

But, I'm looking for one that has the newest Intel processor (Atleast "Haswell").


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/kashyap

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