Background, at my current job we are running off 4x Dell 2950 First gens, each with 32GB and mid tier processors. We currently merging with another company and taking on the load of their servers/applications.
We estimate that we will need to run 60 or so VM's, 5 SQL Databases, Veeam, 6 Web servers, app servers and a ton of remote app servers and standard domain needs on these rigs. Exchange/Sharepoint/Office are on online Office 365. I do not have performance metrics yet. I just started and I'm still sorting through all of this.
I am heavily rack limited. So basically if I remove my 2950's I Have 6U to play with. The merger company is using 3x Dell R620's which they are leasing and we will not get. I have been asked to look at a replacements. Would you stick with the R620's (Around $40K with the loadout they had) or go with 2-3x C62220 instead for the same price? These can be had for $15k Fully loaded online. I've asked Dell for a direct quote and should get it tomorrow.
Dell did not want to even quote these for me as they claim (They're not meant for hypervisor hosts, more for big data compute because they don't have enough redundancy) But couldn't give me any real specifics on that. I figure with 2 or 3 chassis I would have tons of redundant nodes, separate backplanes and plenty of redundancy and power if I need it. Licensing for them would not be an issue.
So, what would you do with 6U and the dire need for an upgrade?
We estimate that we will need to run 60 or so VM's, 5 SQL Databases, Veeam, 6 Web servers, app servers and a ton of remote app servers and standard domain needs on these rigs. Exchange/Sharepoint/Office are on online Office 365. I do not have performance metrics yet. I just started and I'm still sorting through all of this.
I am heavily rack limited. So basically if I remove my 2950's I Have 6U to play with. The merger company is using 3x Dell R620's which they are leasing and we will not get. I have been asked to look at a replacements. Would you stick with the R620's (Around $40K with the loadout they had) or go with 2-3x C62220 instead for the same price? These can be had for $15k Fully loaded online. I've asked Dell for a direct quote and should get it tomorrow.
Dell did not want to even quote these for me as they claim (They're not meant for hypervisor hosts, more for big data compute because they don't have enough redundancy) But couldn't give me any real specifics on that. I figure with 2 or 3 chassis I would have tons of redundant nodes, separate backplanes and plenty of redundancy and power if I need it. Licensing for them would not be an issue.
So, what would you do with 6U and the dire need for an upgrade?