Zum Einsatz mit EXASolution kommt typischerweise ein Cluster aus leistungsfähigen, in 19-Zoll-Racks montierten Intel-Servern. Die Anzahl an Servern wird in der Regel in Vorgesprächen beziehungsweise während der Testphase bestimmt. Aufgrund des einfachen EXASolution Lizenzmodells (Hauptspeicher, der der Datenbank für Berechnungen zugewiesen wird) kann die Anzahl an Servern und somit auch die Performance der Datenbank vom Kunden beliebig konfiguriert werden.
Eine typische Konfiguration eines Clusterknotens besteht aus
- 2 Intel Xeon-Prozessoren mit jeweils zwei bis sechs Kernen,
- 16 bis 144 GB RAM und
- 4 bis 16 SATA oder SAS-Festplatten.
Der Cluster-Interconnect wird über 1-GBit Ethernet realisiert.
Technisch gesehen kann EXASolution auch ein SAN-Storage benutzen. In den meisten Fällen genügt ein Storage-System beim Kunden jedoch nicht den Performance-Anforderungen von EXASolution mit einer RANDOM_READ und RANDOM_WRITE Mindest-Geschwindigkeit von 200-300 MB/s je Knoten.
Blade-Systeme sind durchaus für EXASolution geeignet, falls genügend lokale Festplatten und Hauptspeicher zur Verfügung steht.
| ProLiant DL380 G7 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Hewlett-Packard |
| Product ID | |
| Form factor | 19" 2U rackmount |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2x Intel XEON E5670 (6Core) |
| Frequency | 3,33 GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 72 GB (18x 4096MB DDR3) |
| Slots (max) | 18 |
| Frequency | 1333MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS |
| Controller | HP Smart Array P410 PCI Express SAS Controller |
| Setting | 16x HP EG0300FAWHU (300GB 10k) SAS Drive |
| Disk Formfactor | 2,5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 x 2 Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 PCI Express |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | HP iLO2 (Enterprise License) |
| RMI jack | separate interface |
| ProLiant DL380 G6 (P62) |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Hewlett-Packard |
| Product ID | 491332-421 |
| Form factor | 19" 2U rackmount |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2x Intel XEON E5540 (4Core) |
| Frequency | 2,53 |
| Memory |
| Setting | 48 GB (12x 4096MB DDR3) |
| Slots (max) | 18 |
| Frequency | 1067MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS |
| Controller | HP Smart Array P410 PCI Express SAS Controller |
| Setting | 16x HP EG0300FAWHU (300GB 10k) SAS Drive |
| Disk Formfactor | 2,5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 x 2 Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 PCI Express |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | HP iLO2 (Standard License) |
| RMI jack | separate interface |
| ProLiant DL380 G5 (P56) |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Hewlett-Packard |
| Product ID | 391835-B21 |
| Form factor | 19" 2U rackmount |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2x Intel XEON E5450 (4Core) |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 32 GB (8x 4096MB DDR2-FBD) |
| Slots (max) | 8 |
| Frequency | 667MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS |
| Controller | HP Smart Array P400 PCI Express SAS Controller |
| Setting | 8x HP DG14688976 (146GB 10k) SAS Drive |
| Disk Formfactor | 2,5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 onboard NC373i PCI Express Gigabit |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | HP iLO2 (Standard License) |
| RMI jack | separate interface |
| IBM System x3650 (Type 7979) |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | IBM |
| Product ID | 7979DVQ |
| Form factor | 19" rackmount, 2U |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2x Quad Core Intel Xeon X5470 |
| Frequency | 3.33 GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 48 GByte (12x 4 GB PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 Chipkill FBDIMM) |
| Slots (max) | 12 |
| Frequency | 667MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SATA |
| Controller | IBM ServeRAID-MR10i (256 MByte, BBU, Adaptec Chipset) |
| Setting | 6 x IBM HUA721010KLA330 (1 TByte, 7200 RPM) |
| Disk Formfactor | 3.5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B2) PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | IPMI (BMC) |
| RMI jack | Shared on Interface 1 |
| Primergy RX300 S6 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Fujitsu |
| Product ID | S26361-K1344-V101 |
| Form factor | 19" 2U rackmount |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel Xeon X5640 (4 Core) |
| Frequency | 2.66 GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 48 GByte (12 x 4096 MB DDR3 1333 MHz PC3-10600) |
| Slots (max) | 18 |
| Frequency | 1333 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS/SATA |
| Controller | LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS |
| Setting | 6 x 1TB SATA, 7.2K RPM |
| Disk Formfactor | 3.5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 onboard Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | FSC iRMC (IPMI 2.0 compatible, ssh-login, web-login)(Standard License) |
| RMI jack | separate interface |
| Primergy RX300 S4 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Fujitsu Siemens |
| Product ID | PR300B-D2519 |
| Form factor | 19" 2U rackmount |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel Xeon X5460 (4 Core) |
| Frequency | 3.16 GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 32 GByte (4 x 4096 MB SAMSUNG 2Rx4 PC2 5300F M395T5160QZ4-CE66, 8 x 2048 SAMSUNG 2Rx4 PC2 5300F M395T5663QZ4-CE66) |
| Slots (max) | 12 |
| Frequency | 667 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS/SATA |
| Controller | LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 |
| Setting | 6 x Seagate Baracuda ES ST3750641NS (750 GByte, 7.2K RPM, FW:6FSC) SATA Hard Drive |
| Disk Formfactor | 3.5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 onboard Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | FSC iRMC (IPMI 2.0 compatible, ssh-login, web-login)(Standard License) |
| RMI jack | separate interface |
| Sun Fire X4275 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Sun Microsystems |
| Product ID | SysPN 4402412-1 |
| Form factor | 19" rackmount, 2U |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel XEON E5540 |
| Frequency | 2.53 GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 72 GB (18 x 4 GB Samsung M393B5170DZ1-CH9) |
| Slots (max) | 18 (240-pin DIMM sockets, up to 144 GB DDR3 Reg. ECC Memory) |
| Frequency | |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SATA |
| Controller | Sun STK RAID INT (Adaptec, 256 MB Cache, BBU, Firmware 5.2-0[15872]) |
| Setting | 12 x Hitachi Ultrastar HUA7210S 1 TB 7200 RPM |
| Disk Formfactor | 3.5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 4 (Intel 82575EB PCI Express 10/100/1000 Ethernet |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | IPMI (Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM)) |
| RMI jack | separate on bmc interface or shared on one of the four network interfaces |
| CPI Phoenix IQ-201 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Supermicro/CPI |
| Product ID | Chassis: CSE-825TQ-R700LP, Board: X7DBE+ |
| Form factor | 19" rackmount, 2U |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel Xeon X5365 (4 Core) |
| Frequency | 3.00GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 24 GB (12 x ATP 2048 MB FB DIMM); 32 GB (16 x ATP 2048 MB FB DIMM); 64 GB (16x ATP 4GB FB DIMM) |
| Slots (max) | 16 |
| Frequency | 667 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SATA |
| Controller | 2 x 3ware 9650SE-4LPML (+ BBU-MODULE-03), 256 MB DDR2 533 |
| Setting | 8 x Western Digital WD5002ABYS 500.0 GB |
| Disk Formfactor | 3.5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | IPMI (SUPER SIMLP-3+ REV. 3.00) |
| RMI jack | separate |
| Dell PowerEdge R710 - 2011 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Dell |
| Product ID | Dell PowerEdge R710 |
| Form factor | 19" rackmount, 2U |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel Xeon E5680 |
| Frequency | 3.33GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 72 GB (18x 4 GByte ECC DDR3) |
| Slots (max) | 18 (up to 144 GB DDR3) |
| Frequency | 1333 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS |
| Controller | Dell PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller (LSI) |
| Setting | 8 x 600GB SAS 10k |
| Disk Formfactor | 2,5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Quadport Gbit Ethernet |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | iDRAC6 |
| RMI jack | separate |
| Dell PowerEdge R710 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Dell |
| Product ID | Dell PowerEdge R710 |
| Form factor | 19" rackmount, 2U |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 |
| Frequency | 2.53GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 32 GB (8x 4 GByte ECC DDR3 (Hynix 2Rx4 PC3-8500R-7-10-E1) |
| Slots (max) | 18 (up to 144 GB DDR3) |
| Frequency | 1067 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SATA |
| Controller | Dell PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller (LSI) |
| Setting | 6 x ST3750330NS (Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 750-GB HDD) |
| Disk Formfactor | 3,5" |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Quadport Gbit Ethernet |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | iDRAC6 |
| RMI jack | separate |
| BladeSymphony BS2000 AE55A1 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Product ID | GVAE55A1-5NNNA4Z |
| Form factor | 19” rackmount,10U (447 x 820 x 441) |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5570 |
| Frequency | 2.93GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 32 GByte (4 x 8 GByte DDR3) |
| Slots (max) | 18 |
| Frequency | 1333 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS |
| Controller | LSI 1078 |
| Setting | 4 x 147GB, 10000rpm (Hardware RAID 5) |
| Disk Formfactor | 2,5” |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | IPMI 2.0 |
| RMI jack | Separate |
| BladeSymphony BS2000 AE55A1 (external storage) |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Product ID | GVAE55A1-5NNNA4Z |
| Form factor | 19” rackmount,10U (447 x 820 x 441) |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5570 |
| Frequency | 2.93GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 32 GByte (4 x 8 GByte DDR3) |
| Slots (max) | |
| Frequency | 1333 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | Fibre Channel to external Hitachi BR1600 storage |
| Controller | Emulex LPe12002HBA |
| Setting | 7 x 146GB, 10000rpm (Hardware RAID 5) |
| Disk Formfactor | 3,5” |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | IPMI 2.0 |
| RMI jack | Separate |
| BladeSymphony BS320 AC51H4 |
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| Manufacturer/Vendor | Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Product ID | GGAC51H4-LNNN14X |
| Form factor | 19” rackmount,6U (440 x 780 x 262) |
| Front view |  |
| CPU |
| Vendor ID / Setting | 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 |
| Frequency | 2.26 GHz |
| Memory |
| Setting | 32 GByte (4 x 8 GByte DDR3) |
| Slots (max) | 6 |
| Frequency | 1333 MHz |
| I/O Subsystem (Disks) |
| Interface | SAS |
| Controller | LSI 1078 |
| Setting | 4x 300GB, 10000rpm (in the entire system) |
| Disk Formfactor | 2.5'' drive |
| Networking |
| Ethernet NIC | 2 |
| RMI (IPMI/ILO) | IPMI 2.0 Conformity |
| RMI jack | Separate |