[eX-bulk] : Re: Rasberry pi - high density

Thu May 14 00:42:06 UTC 2015

Greetings,

	Do we really need them to be swappable at that point?  The reason we 
swap HDD's (if we do) is because they are rotational, and mechanical 
things break.  Do we swap CPUs and memory hot?  Do we even replace 
memory on a server that's gone bad, or just pull the whole thing during 
the periodic "dead body collection" and replace it?  Might it not be 
more efficient (and space saving) to just add 20% more storage to a 
server than the design goal, and let the software use the extra space to 
keep running when an SSD fails?  When the overall storage falls below 
tolerance, the unit is dead.  I think we will soon need to (if we aren't 
already) stop thinking about individual components as FRUs.  The server 
(or rack, or container) is the FRU.

	Christopher


On 9 May 2015, at 12:26, Eugeniu Patrascu wrote:

> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 9:55 PM, Barry Shein <bzs at world.std.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 9, 2015 at 00:24 charles at thefnf.org (charles at thefnf.org) 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> So I just crunched the numbers. How many pies could I cram in a 
>>> rack?
>>
>> For another list I just estimated how many M.2 SSD modules one could
>> cram into a 3.5" disk case. Around 40 w/ some room to spare (assuming
>> heat and connection routing aren't problems), at 500GB/each that's
>> 20TB in a standard 3.5" case.
>>
>> It's getting weird out there.
>>
>>
> I think the next logical step in servers would be to remove the 
> traditional
> hard drive cages and put SSD module slots that can be hot swapped. 
> Imagine
> inserting small SSD modules on the front side of the servers and 
> directly
> connect them via PCIe to the motherboard. No more bottlenecks and a
> software RAID of some sorts would actually make a lot more sense than 
> the
> current controller based solutions.


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