[hobbit] Hobbit Minimum HW requirement

[Moore, Joe]

Ryan Jay B. Lapuz wrote:
> I'm currently documenting hobbit installation and 
> configuration base on our 
> company requirements. However, I'm stuck on the information about the 
> minimum hardware requirement of the Hobbit server. I can't 
> seem to find it 
> into the internet. Anyone who has this info?

My suggestion:  If this is a "funded project", that is to say, something
that your company is willing to spend money on, you can consider the
minimum hardware requirement to be "The smallest new server you can buy
from your preferred hardware vendor".  I wouldn't run a production
monitoring system on something that doesn't have hardware support.

For example, my company has a lot of Dell logos in the datacenter.  The
smallest "Enterprise" Dell server is currently the PowerEdge 860,
out-of-the box in a minimal config, it has a 3GHz pentium D, 1GB of ram,
and a single 80GB hard drive. (and list price according to Dell's public
website is $2300 + change, including a 1-year RHEL subscription)

So as of today, I would write up the minimum hardware requirement as "1
3GHz CPU, 1GB ram, and 80 GB Hard drive space".  That's more than
sufficient for most hobbit installations.

My $0.02
--Joe