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Steve Elgan
11/29/2018, 5:49 PMGoing to run XS on it for now b/c my prod is that. Next year when we switch to Nutanix AHV, I will reload the SM to AHV - u
user
11/29/2018, 5:50 PMFor example, last year I needed to buy Pro to get 2TB, now you get EVO 2 TB for half the price - u
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11/29/2018, 5:50 PMOnly reason I go 10GbE is to play with it and I have 4 nodes - u
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11/29/2018, 5:51 PMYou can buy an adapter at $13 to get support for 2x NVMe - u
user
11/29/2018, 5:51 PMPerfect for all flash one node nutanix - s
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11/29/2018, 5:56 PMMaster Image build is done in 30 minutes on NVMe :-) - s
Steve Elgan
11/29/2018, 6:05 PMsend me the links for that NVMe adapter - s
Steve Elgan
11/29/2018, 6:05 PMmy reference image builds are 90 minutes - s
Steve Elgan
11/29/2018, 6:06 PMstill haven't gotten to master image because I need to do more testing and re-packaging - s
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user
11/29/2018, 6:08 PMThere was a post from Ben in terms of full speed on the PV drivers, did you get that one? - u
user
11/29/2018, 6:09 PMHow does that adapter support 2x NVMe? - u
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11/29/2018, 6:09 PMOne onboard M2 slot and this goes into the PCI-E - u
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11/29/2018, 6:10 PMI swap my NVM's each year, have all Samsung versions since they first released. Heck I even have 2 Intel 750 NVme which came out before Samsung entered the space. - u
user
11/29/2018, 6:13 PMOK, I thought you meant the adapter would support 2x NVMe. - s
Steve Elgan
11/29/2018, 6:26 PMno I don't have Ben's post - u
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11/29/2018, 7:23 PM - u
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11/29/2018, 7:23 PMNow the reference image worked @Steve Elgan 50 minutes with those packages - s
Steve Elgan
11/29/2018, 10:24 PM@User @User Got it working! MDT Wim - u
user
11/30/2018, 9:35 AMAWESOME - u
user
11/30/2018, 5:23 PMRealtek NICs are and have always been a PITA on XenServer. 🙄 - s
Steve Elgan
11/30/2018, 6:41 PM - s
Steve Elgan
11/30/2018, 6:41 PMNow i need to make it an ISO for the automation piece. - s
Steve Elgan
12/01/2018, 9:02 PM$340 in gear for $98 - u
user
12/01/2018, 9:10 PMDang that is a great deal. I lucked out and got the CK gen2 but definitely cost more - u
user
12/02/2018, 1:57 PMdang i buy those, but deal is expired......... - s
Steve Elgan
12/02/2018, 2:41 PMEven for me it worked. Just click through