stevieb

I don't know if this is of interest to anyone here. but we have just finished a deployment at work that covers the following
 
Requirements to provide 50 Workstations in centralized location for power and network redundancy
25 Compute Servers
SAN data Store
 
Compute Cluster (All data stored on SAN)
Dual E5-2667-2 (3.3Ghz 8 Core)
96 Gig Ram
1.2 TB Extreme SF Fast Cache
Nvidia GRiD K2 Graphics
2x Power Supplies
 
SAN Data Store (Tiered Storage)
400x 900Gig SAS Drive
20x 200GB Fast Cache
14x Power Supplies
 
VMs
16 Core or 32 Core
40 or 80 Gig
1536 Graphics Cores Allocated to Each 16 Core VM
3072 Graphics Cores Allocated to Each 32 Core VM
All Data Stores are located on the SAN no storage in Compute Cluster
 
NAS - Archive Solution
300x 2TB NL-SAS
 
Network
Converged Fibre SAN/10Gig Network to all Compute Clusters
Redundancy in Networking 2x Cisco Nexus Switches
 
Others
2hr UPS power supply for Primary power (Electrical Supply 1 from National Grid)
15 Minute power supply for Secondary Power (Backup Electrical Supply from National Grid alternative circuit)
secondary power supply has provision to be power by onsite generator for 30 days.
 
Backup
Local backup provided by VNX snapshot
Offisite backup provided by Veritas (Local and Offsite appliances installed in datacenter)
NAS is backed up on a Quantum Tape library and tapes rotated to secure offsite location.

We are running a VMware Sphere platform.
http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/
 
I am the Client!!! Designed internally to fit a certain requirement of our team.
 
Our LTO has a 4 Tape Drive and 128 Slots
 
The system is used by a total of 10 users, using our own bespoke software
 
Also you quote VM Density, why is it terrible? The system was only virtualized so we can maintain a 100% uptime using VMotion. The system is operated at 80% load 7 days a week. so any over provisioning of the CPU and Memory will provide any advantages to the work we do.
 
Virtualization was for management and reliability only. Yes we can operate 1000 normal Load PCs on this but it was built for a purpose.

The K2s are being used to assist with the compute function only.