Huawei Tecal RH2288H V2 - First Impressions
Perhaps one of the advantages of working in an IT trading company is the opportunity to work with various equipment. Constantly expanding the list of our partners, we also receive from them equipment for testing and just for dating. At the end of 2013, another player appeared on the server hardware and storage systems market of Russia - Huawei . The main focus of Huawei is telecommunications equipment, the DPRK sales market. But in recent years, the company is actively developing new areas and expanding its market. Thanks to our acquaintance with representatives of the company, one of the last guests of our test lab was the server Tecal RH2288H V2 . As the name implies - this is the second generation of this 2U server.
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When we received a box with a server - the level of our interest was quite high, because the company will have to enter a fairly developed and already occupied market.
But we will start from the beginning and tell you about the technical characteristics. The server supports the installation of one / two Intel Xeon E5-2600 / E5-2600V2 series processors, 24 memory modules, with a total capacity of up to 768Gb and from 8 to 26 2.5 "(or 12 3.5") sizes, including 2 drives installed with back of the server.
The RAID controller (LSI SAS2208) supports levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 and carries the cache in 512Mb or 1Gb, but the controller's performance is similar to the blade mezzanine.
The server is also equipped with 2 or 4 1Gb ports or 2 10Gb ports. Up to 7 PCI-e slots are available for server expansion: 6 PCI-e x8 and one PCI-e x16. But with USB ports, they were a little greedy - only 2 ports are available on the front and 2 on the rear panel. For cooling, 4 coolers with the possibility of hot replacement are used
Power supply units (manufactured by LiteON) is 460W or 800W, just as naturally with hot swapping.
Remote server management is performed using BMC, which, in general, is not functionally different from competing products - iDrag or iLo.
In general, the server left a pretty good impression of itself. Well-made body, good assembly.
There are some remarks on the design features, for example, an attached battery with a cable attached to it slightly hinders the removal of the duct cover - it is impossible to remove it without removing the riser, and the riser, in turn, is easier to unscrew using a screwdriver.
And now I propose to consider what advantages and disadvantages this Huawei company has in comparison with other market players - HP , DELL , IBM , Supermicro , Fujitsu .
It becomes obvious that Huawei will try to actively promote its products to the "external" market, that it is ready for price dumping in the early stages of its work. The quality of the products is at a fairly high level, and the company's equipment boasts an excellent price / quality ratio. We will try to continue to acquaint you with the products of this company, continuing our reviews, but for now you can brush up on our latest articles on Huawei OceanStor Dorado2100 G2 and Huawei Tecal ES3000 .
I want to remind you that you can take this equipment with us in Demo for testing. For all questions about Huawei, please contact our head of the direction - Ivan Voronov .
Korp
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When we received a box with a server - the level of our interest was quite high, because the company will have to enter a fairly developed and already occupied market.
But we will start from the beginning and tell you about the technical characteristics. The server supports the installation of one / two Intel Xeon E5-2600 / E5-2600V2 series processors, 24 memory modules, with a total capacity of up to 768Gb and from 8 to 26 2.5 "(or 12 3.5") sizes, including 2 drives installed with back of the server.
The RAID controller (LSI SAS2208) supports levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 and carries the cache in 512Mb or 1Gb, but the controller's performance is similar to the blade mezzanine.
The server is also equipped with 2 or 4 1Gb ports or 2 10Gb ports. Up to 7 PCI-e slots are available for server expansion: 6 PCI-e x8 and one PCI-e x16. But with USB ports, they were a little greedy - only 2 ports are available on the front and 2 on the rear panel. For cooling, 4 coolers with the possibility of hot replacement are used
Power supply units (manufactured by LiteON) is 460W or 800W, just as naturally with hot swapping.
Remote server management is performed using BMC, which, in general, is not functionally different from competing products - iDrag or iLo.
In general, the server left a pretty good impression of itself. Well-made body, good assembly.
There are some remarks on the design features, for example, an attached battery with a cable attached to it slightly hinders the removal of the duct cover - it is impossible to remove it without removing the riser, and the riser, in turn, is easier to unscrew using a screwdriver.
And now I propose to consider what advantages and disadvantages this Huawei company has in comparison with other market players - HP , DELL , IBM , Supermicro , Fujitsu .
- Huawei server hardware and storage systems are aimed at medium and large businesses. This is evident from the equipment line, i.e. Huawei has no models in the Tower form factor and no servers on the lower-end Intel Xeon E3 and AMD processors. Also in the line there are no simple shelf expansion servers.
Brief characteristics Special features HP Proliant DELL Poweredge Ibm system Huawei tecal Fujitsu PRIMERGY 1 percent, 4x3.5 "HDD, 1BP, 2x1gb Eth cheap single-unit nach. level DL120 G7 R210-II or R320 (2BP) x3530 m4 Absent RX100 1U, 1 percent, 4x3.5 "HDD, 1BP, 2x1gb Eth cheap single-unit nach. level Dl320 G6 (ret) R310 or R410 (2CPU, 2BP) x3530 m4 Absent RX100 1U, 1 percent, 4x3.5 "HDD +++, 1, 21gb Eth cheap single-unit nach. level DL320e Gen8 V2 R320 (2BP) x3530 m4 Absent RX100 Tower, 1 percent, 4x3.5 NHP HDD, 1BP, 2x1gb Eth cheap floor, early. level ML110 G7 T110 x3100 m4 Absent TX100 Tower, 1 percent, 4x3.5 NHP HDD, 1 (2) BP, 2x1gb Eth cheap floor, early. level ML310e Gen8 T110-II (1BP) x3100 m4 (1BP) Absent TX100 1U, 2 percents, 4x3.5 "HDD +++, 1, 21gb Eth single-unit, dual-processor DL160 G6 (ret) R410 x3530 m4 Absent RX200 S8 1U, 2 percents, 4x3.5 "HDD +++, 1, 21gb Eth single-unit, dual-processor, cheaper DL160 Gen8 R620 (2BP) x3530 m4 Absent RX200 S8 1U, 2 percents, 4x3.5 "HDD +++, 1, 21gb Eth single-core, dual-processor AMD, cheaper DL165 G7 R415 Absent Absent Absent 1U, 2 percents, 4x3.5 "HDD +++, 2, 41gb Eth single-unit, dual-processor, cheaper DL360e Gen8 R420 x3530 m4 Absent RX200 S8 2U, 2 percents, 4-12x3.5 "HDD +++, 2, 21gb Eth 2U, dual-processor, cheaper DL180 G6 (ret) R510 x3630 m4 Absent RX2520 M1 2U, 2 percents, 8-12x3.5 "HDD +++, 2, 41gb Eth 2U, dual-processor, cheaper DL380e Gen8 R520 x3630 m4 RH2285H V2 RX2520 M1 1U, 2 percent, 8x2.5 "HDD, 2BP, 4x1gb Eth single-unit, dual-processor, optimal DL360 G7 (ret) R610 x3550 m4 Absent RX200 S8 1U, 2 percents, 8x2.5 "HDD, 2, 41gb Eth +++ single-unit, dual-processor, optimal DL360p gen8 R620 x3550 m4 RH1288 V2 RX200 S8 2U, 2 percents, 8-16x2.5 "HDD, 2, 41gb Eth 2U, dual-processor, optimal DL380 G7 (ret) R710 x3650 m3 Absent RX300 S8 2U, 2 percents, 8-16x2.5 "HDD, 2, 41gb Eth +++ 2U, dual-processor, optimal DL380p Gen8 R720 x3650 m4 RH2288H V2 RX300 S8 2U, 2 percents, 8-16x2.5 "HDD, 2, 41gb Eth +++ 2U, dual-processor AMD, optimal DL385p Gen8 R515 Absent Absent RX300 S8 Tower, 2 percent, 4-8x3.5 HDD, 1BP, 1gb Eth Floor-standing, dual-processor, cheaper ML150 G6 (ret) T410 x3300 m4 Absent TX150 S8 Tower, 2 percent, 8-12x3.5 HDD +++, 1BP, 2x1gb Eth Floor-standing, dual-processor, cheaper ML350e gen8 T420 x3300 m4 Absent TX150 S8 Tower, 2 percent, 8-18x3.5 HDD +++, 2, 4x1gb Eth Floor, dual-processor, optimal ML350p gen8 T620 x3500m4 Absent TX300 S8 4U, 4 percent, 8x2.5 "HDD, 4BP, 4x1gb Eth +++ Four-processor, max. Extensibility DL580 G7 R910 x3850 x6 RH5885 V3 RX350 S8 4U, 4 percent, 10x2.5 "HDD, 4BP, 4x1gb Eth +++ Four-processor, max. Extensibility DL580 Gen8 R920 x3950 x6 RH5885 V3 Absent 4U, 4 percent, 8x2.5 "HDD, 4BP, 4x1gb Eth +++ Four-processor AMD, max. Extensibility DL585 G7 R815 (2U) x3755 m3 (2U) Absent Absent 2U, 4 percents, 5x2.5 "HDD, 2, 41gb Eth +++ Four-processor, optimal performance DL560 Gen8 R820 x3750 m4 RH2488 V2 Absent Blade blade 1/2 height, 2 percent, 2 HDD, 2x10gb +++ BL460c M620 BladeCenter HS23 CH121 BX924 S4 Blade chassis 8 blades BL460c Bladesystem C3000 M1000e BladeCenter E E6000 / E6000H BX400 16 Blade Chassis Blade BL460c Bladesystem C7000 M1000e BladeCenter H E9000 BX900 S2 Shelf extension 12LFF StorageWorks D2600 MD1200 Exp3512 (2512) Absent Absent 25SFF expansion shelf StorageWorks D2700 MD1220 Exp3524 (2524) Absent Absent Storage system StorageWorks P2000 MD32xx / MD32xxI / MD36xx / MD36xxF DS3512 , DS3524 OceanStor S2200T ETERNUS DX100 S3 Storage system MSA2040 MD3660 Storwize v3700 OceanStor S2600T / 5xxxT ETERNUS DX200 S3
- As for the price, the pricing policy is very interesting. Since Huawei is trying to enter the already divided market, then the company is ready to sell at very reasonable prices. We compared the cost of running servers and options for them. Prices are average for the market. Judging by them, the cost of Huawei servers is at the cost of IBM Express servers manufactured. But unlike all branded manufacturers, Huawei is ready to offer a discount of 10-15% only for registering your purchase, without taking into account the volume of the transaction. Well, if the volume of the transaction exceeds $ 15,000, the discount level can be further increased.
Server $ Additional processor E5 X6 E5-2630v2 8Gb DDR3 ECC REG memory module 16GB ECC ERG memory module HDD SAS 2.5 "300GB 10K HDD SAS 2.5 "300GB 15K HDD SAS 2.5 "600GB 10K HP Proliant DL380p Gen8 E5-2630v2 Rack (2U) / 1xXeon6C 2.6GHz (15MB) / 1x16GbR2D_12800 (LV) / P420i (1Gb / 0/1/10/5/50) / noHDD (8 / 16up) SFF / noDVD Server ( opt.) / iLO ME / 4x1GbFlexLOM / BBRK (w / oCMA) / 1x460Plat + (2up) 4500 1059 221 383 331 619 609 DELL PowerEdge R720 1x2630v2 6C 2.6GHz server, 1x16 GB REG DDR3, no hdd (up to 16x2.5 "), PERC H710p / 1GB NV (RAID 0-60), DVD ± RW, Broadcom 5720 QP Gigabit LAN, iDRAC7 Enterprise , PS (1) * 750W up to RPS, Bezel, Sliding Ready Rack Rails with CMA, Rack-mount 2U, 3Y ProSupport NBD 4416 1024 184 345 173 357 270 IBM x3650 M4 server , 1x Xeon E5-2630v2 2.6GHz 15M 6C 1600MHz (80W), 16GB (2x 8GB (1Rx4, 1.35V) 1600MHz LP RDIMM), O / B 2.5 HS SAS / SATA (8), M5110e (512MB flash ), Multiburner, 1x550W HS PSU 3966 1194 249 571 300 455 732 Server Supermicro SERVER 1xE5-2630v2 6c 2,6GHz, 2x8GB REG DDR3, SVGA, SAS / SATA RAID, 16x2.5 '' HotSwap, ASR-71605 / 1GB, noHDD, 4xGbLAN, noDVD, rackmount, 2x920W standard, WIO) 4379 742 113 208 161 173 305 Server Tecal RH2288H V2 Huawei E5-2630v2 Rack (2U) / 1xXeon6C 2.6GHz (15MB) / 2x8GbR2D_1866 / SR320BCwFBWC1Gb / RAID0 / 1/10/5/50/6/60) / noHDD (8) SFF / noDVD / IPMI / 4x1GbEth / R ail / 2x460plat 4086 998 157 314 262 605 446
- And lastly, let's look at what is included in the standard warranty that comes with Huawei servers and storage systems. So, the warranty period is 3 years, with 24x7 support, but the claimed recovery time is 60 calendar days. The replacement process for failed components is as follows:
- The application is started by calling the Huawei SC.
- you contact those. a specialist to determine the cause of a breakdown; if necessary, he will be sent the system logs.
- according to the results a malfunction report is sent to you. After that you need to come to the SC (you need to have an act and faulty equipment with you), where you will be replaced with equipment.
Needless to say for Business servers, such equipment downtime is not very acceptable. There are 2 ways out of this situation:
- Store spare parts for the most frequently failing equipment (RAM, Hard drives, Power supplies)
- Purchase an extended warranty package. Approximate cost extra. guarantees range from 2% to 10% of the cost of the server being purchased depending on the level of support.
It becomes obvious that Huawei will try to actively promote its products to the "external" market, that it is ready for price dumping in the early stages of its work. The quality of the products is at a fairly high level, and the company's equipment boasts an excellent price / quality ratio. We will try to continue to acquaint you with the products of this company, continuing our reviews, but for now you can brush up on our latest articles on Huawei OceanStor Dorado2100 G2 and Huawei Tecal ES3000 .
I want to remind you that you can take this equipment with us in Demo for testing. For all questions about Huawei, please contact our head of the direction - Ivan Voronov .
Korp
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/217643/
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