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Suggestions for new T5140
I've been busy and fell behind on Sun/Oracle. Forgive me if too basic. I welcome brief, cryptic, or advanced replies. I also welcome noobie information since I may have no clue what's up at the moment.
Problem statement:
I inherited a computer to set up. I would rather not figure out 8 months from now that any old dope knows you need to set XYZ before you do PDQ.
Requirements:
Migrate usage from a handful old Solaris 9-10 hosts. Some number of developer monkeys will access and abuse. Ability to remotely manage via serial/tcp device.
Current situation:
Exxx, V1280, V240, V440, V890, E450, compilers, MQ, Websphere, Oracle 10/11, homegrown C, C++, Java, ??
Equipment:
T5140. 64GB, 96core, 4x300GB. Powered up w/ serial console access. Raw (no O/S). 6 network ports, access to 2 dedicated iscsi switches with TB+ storage.
My (naive?) thoughts:
Reserve the main host for management. Use LDOM/Oracle VM to virtualize/upgrade the existing workload. iSCSI for VM storage, preferably multipathed. Centralize workload to use less (VMs).
Unsure about sol 10/11, ZFS, the unknown