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      ggRock Hardware Selection Guide

      This article is meant as a guide to appropriately select hardware for a ggRock server based on center needs.

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      General Notes

      Running ggRock in a virtual environment is not supported.

      All hardware selections should be enterprise-grade or server-grade, not consumer-grade.

      All hardware selections should meet or exceed the listed minimum specifications.

      Hardware Selection Guide

      Machine Count
      up to 60 up to 180 up to 300

      Motherboard
      Server motherboard compatible with desired CPU & RAM

      CPU¹
      • Intel
        Xeon Bronze 3204
        or
      • AMD
        EPYC 7262
      • Intel
        Xeon Silver 4215
        or
      • AMD
        EPYC 7313
      • Intel
        Xeon Gold 5215
        or
      • AMD
        EPYC 7402

      RAM²
      64GB ECC 128GB ECC 256GB ECC

      OS Drives³

      Micron

      5400 Pro 240GB

      x2

      Micron

      5400 Pro 240GB

      x2

      Micron

      5400 Pro 240GB

      x2

      Storage Drives³

      Micron

      5400 Pro 1.92TB

      x4

      Micron

      5400 Pro 3.84TB

      x4

      Micron

      9400 7.68TB NVME

      x4

      Chassis
      Select based on business and technology needs

      Power Supply

      It is advisable to have redundant PSUs.

      Power requirements depend on the hardware being used.

      Cooling Fans
      As needed dependent upon cooling needs and space restrictions

      Network Card⁴
      10G SFP+ or better 25G SFP+ or better 40G QSFP+ or better

       

      CPU Notes:

      The selected CPU should be a server-grade CPU such as an Intel Xeon Bronze or better or AMD EPYC or better because they support ECC RAM which is critical to system stability.

      Prioritize more cores or higher thread count over CPU frequency.

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      RAM Notes:

      To ensure data integrity, only ECC memory should be used.

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      Drive Notes:

      QLC drives should be avoided, as well as any drive with a decreased cache size (e.g. Samsung QVO) which severely impacts performance.

      Hardware RAID controllers, if used, must provide direct access to the operating system to the individual drives (e.g. HBA mode or pass-thru mode).

      PLP (power loss prevention) drives can, optionally, be used to protect further against data loss or corruption on power failure.

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      Network Notes:
      SFP+ Strongly Recommended

      Server NIC must be compatible with Debian Linux

      Client NICs must be compatible with PXE boot.

      Avoid managed features on network equipment.

      Currently we do not support Windows-based DHCP servers.

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