{"id":13535,"date":"2012-09-14T10:43:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T09:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13535"},"modified":"2012-09-14T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T09:43:46","slug":"fujitsu-hyper-v-cluster-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13535","title":{"rendered":"Fujitsu \u2013 (Hyper-V) Cluster-in-a-Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been digging around looking for Cluster-in-a-Box (CiB) solutions.  I found concepts, but nothing that was actually for sale \u2026 until one of my colleagues sent me a link this morning.  Meet the Fujitsu CiB<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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When I first looked at the picture, I thought:<\/p>\n

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  1. That\u2019s just a quarter height rack! <\/li>\n
  2. That\u2019s no CiB, it\u2019s just DAS and some 2U servers! <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I was wrong<\/em>.  What you\u2019re looking at is a blade chassis, turned on it\u2019s end, and tidied up to make it into a self-contained appliance, fit for the small\/medium business.  And looking at the stats, this could be a SMB 3.0 scale-out file server (SOFS) SAN alternative, but the included memory and processor make it a real Hyper-V CiB solution where the entire Hyper-V cluster is on those 4 wheels.<\/p>\n

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