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<p class="MsoNormal">> Is there such minimum spec for NICs to achieve better performance (low latency/less packet loss)?
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<p class="MsoNormal">No, not really. We have this [1] but that is more about network setup than NIC requirements. For small clusters 1g NICs should be fine but 10g might be needed for larger clusters or network intensive workloads.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">StarlingX supports DPDK and Time Sensitive Networking, both of which significantly reduce packet latency.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[1] <a href="https://docs.starlingx.io/planning/kubernetes/network-requirements.html">
https://docs.starlingx.io/planning/kubernetes/network-requirements.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> open infra <openinfradn@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 23, 2021 1:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jones, Bruce E <bruce.e.jones@intel.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Starlingx-discuss] STX supported/recommended hardware<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Bruce,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:54 AM Jones, Bruce E <<a href="mailto:bruce.e.jones@intel.com">bruce.e.jones@intel.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi Danishka. The StarlingX project documents hardware requirements in the installation guides. For instance this doc [1] describes the min hardware requirements for the Standard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Most testing of StarlingX occurs outside of community resources. My company has a test lab consisting of a range of systems that we use for testing. In general the software supports
the amd64 architecture and I would recommend Xeon-D series processors or the equivalent as a minimum for controller and worker nodes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there such minimum spec for NICs to achieve better performance (low latency/less packet loss)?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">It’s really your budget and your workload requirements that determine how much capacity you need. You can see this link [2] for more info on planning a deployment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://docs.starlingx.io/deploy_install_guides/r4_release/bare_metal/dedicated_storage_hardware.html" target="_blank">
https://docs.starlingx.io/deploy_install_guides/r4_release/bare_metal/dedicated_storage_hardware.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://docs.starlingx.io/planning/index.html" target="_blank">https://docs.starlingx.io/planning/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 22, 2021 9:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io" target="_blank">
starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Starlingx-discuss] STX supported/recommended hardware<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Is there a recommended hardware list or a list of tested (by community) hardware?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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