Hi All,
I'm looking at deploying cDOT cluster based on "FAS 8040 HA" from scratch (to serve both NAS + SAN environment), current plan is to start with 2 HA pairs ie 4 nodes, each node:
DS4246 24*4TB SATA x3 DS2246 24*1.2TB SAS x5
and then continue to grow with another HA pair ie + 2 more nodes. I'd also like to plan for 4th HA pair for purposes of (possible) HW upgrades.
For each HA pair I plan to allocate two racks (a standard 42U rack).
I wonder if anyone has had similar deployment to see what was racks layout design. "FAS 8040 HA" is a single chassis two controllers appliance so it has to be in one rack. How to distribute shelves, given that I plan to add both SAS and SATA shelves later on. Also what would be the best place to put 10Gb cluster interconnect switches?
Cheers, Vladimir