No disk system solution for Asus server motherboard

All clients in a network do not install hard disks, but all are started through network servers. Such a network is a diskless network. People who have no experience with diskless networks may soon become interested in such a network. Each server saves one hard disk, and the network of one 60 or 70 machines saves considerable money, this may be the first impression of anyone who is new to a diskless network. Indeed, saving money is a major advantage of diskless networks. In fact, the primary advantage of diskless networks is management and maintenance.

Recently, in the bidding for an Internet cafe in Qingdao, the Asus server, as the world's leading provider of 3C solutions, once again won the bid in the internet cafe industry application field. This is another successful bid of Asus in the internet cafe industry procurement project, qingdao Zhicheng Electronics Co., Ltd. to Asus computer's one integrated 8 SAS interface Asus DSBV-DX/SAS server motherboard as the basic platform to build a diskless system solution, will be used for the daily management of the Internet cafe, it provides a stable and efficient computing and Management Platform for the stable operation of Internet cafes.

Project Background

The Qingdao Internet cafe is a large Internet cafe with nearly 300 computers. In consideration of the daily work, the Internet cafe owner often patches games, installs new games, and responds to the increasingly rampant virus targeting Internet cafes with disks, which has largely resulted in the network management and maintenance workload. I decided to purchase a Server Load balancer solution that can carry the internet cafe load.

Customer requirements

The Internet cafe industry has more stringent requirements on its solutions than other industries due to its operating model. In the past, Internet cafes used a lot of disk-based technologies. However, with the continuous development of the network, viruses are increasingly prevalent on the network. In particular, there are more and more viruses targeting Internet cafes, it has caused a lot of trouble for Internet cafe maintenance.

Based on this, the Internet cafe owner requires that the solution be able to carry out heavy operation at full load with high cost effectiveness and high performance, while ensuring high system stability, it is also very convenient to expand.

Solution description

According to the customer's needs, Asus server dealer Qingdao Zhicheng Electronics Co., Ltd. for the customer with Asus server motherboard DSBV-DX/SAS as the basis for the configuration of the system solution, it is favored by Internet cafe owners with high cost performance and scalability, and won the bidding for this project.

The base platform of this solution is an Asus DSBV-DX/SAS server motherboard integrated with 8 SAS channels, asus DSBV-DX/SAS is a server board product designed to provide more storage applications for small and medium-sized enterprise users. This product not only supports dual-core quad-core processors for servers, but also supports SAS hard drive access, meets the requirements of medium and small users in the Network Control/Firewall/Proxy Server, e-commerce, Web and mail server and diskless Internet cafe system storage server, and low-cost Cluster Systems.

Network Topology

Asus server motherboard DSBV-DX/SAS onboard Intel 82563EB dual-port PHY chip, with 6321ESB integrated dual precursor Nic controller, provide dual Gigabit Nic, with Intel I/O acceleration technology, while providing I/O throughput, it can effectively reduce the occupation of processor resources, which can avoid network exceptions in the case of high-speed load, and thus maintain stable system operation.

In terms of scalability, the biggest feature of Asus server motherboard DSBV-DX/SAS is that not only can use 6321ESB integrated SATA Controller provides 6 sata ii interface, in Windows, RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 can be achieved through Intel Matrix Storage technology, and an LSI 1068 PCI-X 8-port SAS controller can be integrated to provide 8 groups of SAS interfaces, supports up to 8 SAS hard disks and sas raid 0, 1, and 1E modes. You can also install a zero-channel RAID card to support RAID 5 as needed. In addition, engineers use a 3 read and 3 Write disk array solution to achieve server disk read/write separation, which greatly improves the system performance and enables the system to perform heavy maintenance work for Internet cafes.

Customer benefits

After the system is built, the test shows that the hard disk speed of each server can reach 300 MB/S, and the load is 90-Internet cafe machines, the system can be quickly started and various large games can be run through the server, which is very effective.

The person in charge of the Internet cafe said that Qingdao Zhicheng provided diskless technology, which saved money, saved time, and saved effort, and many other advantages were popularized in the internet cafe industry. The diskless Internet cafe system can be integrated with a variety of solutions to achieve configuration, startup, operation, management, and maintenance of diskless networks. Thanks to its application, it not only makes the originally complicated and cumbersome network configuration management process extremely simple and convenient, but also provides the maximum feasibility for the full use of existing resources to set up and transform diskless networks, to save money, save time and effort.

"We are satisfied that this kind of diskless System Based on Asus DSBV-DX/SAS Server Board can greatly simplify daily maintenance while loading the high load operation of Internet cafes, since the system has been running for several months, the machine has never experienced any exceptions and remains stable for 24 × 7 hours. In addition, in addition to providing practical solutions in Qingdao, with the strong support of Asus, we provide comprehensive after-sales services such as quality assurance and 800 free service hotline for our products, we are also very satisfied." The person in charge of the Internet cafe added.

Mr. FU Jianhua, manager of servers at Asus computer business headquarters in China, pointed out: "this time, Asus servers are deployed in the diskless System for Internet cafes in Qingdao. This is an Asus server for the industry market, while focusing on Application requirements for product R & D and design, we provide users with a successful experience in a complete set of solutions based on their actual applications. The successful purchase of Internet cafes indicates the excellent product quality and brand reputation of Asus servers, and reflects the strong competitive strength of Asus servers in the internet cafe industry ."