[cisco-voip] Hardware for UC

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

I'm going to be suggesting rack mount C series to my manager at this time, for a number of reasons. 


We have two data centres, so I have to split the equipment over two locations. Putting a full fledged B series solution would be cost prohibitive. 


Plus, I like that the C series has local storage. At the last CiscoLive I heard quite a few issues getting remote storage working properly and keeping it working properly. The calculations they presented to ensure it would work was like a first year calculus class. 


What I was hoping was that the UCSExpress module would be TRC approved at some point so we could run a few of those, but after finding out about how each server in the cluster has to be the same specs (still not sure why) not sure if that will fly in our environment. 


Lelio 


P.S. I'm not sure vMotion is fully supported within UC on UCS. I've read a few things on the list that seem to point to shutdown/copy/move only. 



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----- Original Message -----

From: "Scott Voll" <svoll.voip at gmail.com> 
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 11:42:49 AM 
Subject: [cisco-voip] Hardware for UC 


What hardware is everyone using to upgrade there UC enviroment to? 


We have UCS Blades with netapp storage, but have had some limitations on IO (prior to the upgraded controllers) that I'm a little concerned about. 


I like the idea of vmotion. But I'm thinking if it's my back side on the line with my UC environment, Maybe the rack mount UCS might be a better bet? We (UC Team) have also been thinking about the UCS mini with storage blade. 


What our others doing? What is Cisco suggesting these days? 


Thanks 


Scott 




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