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syslog-ng Store Box 7.0 LTS - Installation Guide

Installing two SSB units in HA mode

The following describes how to install SSB with high availability support.

To install SSB with high availability support

  1. For the first SSB unit, complete Installing the SSB hardware.

  2. For the second SSB unit, complete Steps 1-3 of Installing the SSB hardware.

  3. Connect the two units with an Ethernet cable via the Ethernet connectors labeled as 4.

  4. Power on the second unit.

  5. Change the BIOS and IPMI passwords on the second unit. The default password is ADMIN or changeme, depending on your hardware.

  6. Connect to the SSB web interface of the first unit from a client machine and enable high availability mode. Navigate to Basic Settings > High Availability . Click Convert to Cluster, then reload the page in your browser.

  7. Click Reboot Cluster.

  8. Wait until the slave unit synchronizes its disk to the master unit. Depending on the size of the hard disks, this may take several hours. You can increase the speed of the synchronization via the SSB web interface at Basic Settings > High Availability > DRBD sync rate limit.

Hardware specifications

The syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) appliances are built on high performance, energy efficient, and reliable hardware that are easily mounted into standard rack mounts.

The following sections provide detailed information of SSB appliances.

Topics:

syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) T1

Unit: 1

Number of disk slots: 2 (internal only)

Redundant PSU: 0

Mainboard: X8SIL-F

Chipset: Intel 3420

NIC:

  • 2x Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
  • 1x Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 Dual GbE PCI-Ex4

IPMI: Nuvoton WPCM450, SMT (Latest ver.: 3.16)

CPU: 1x Intel Xeon X3430 2.4GHz Quad

RAM: 2x 4GB Samsung DDR3-1600 ECC/Unbuffered STD

HDD: 2x Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB SATA III

RAID: Software RAID

RAID type: RAID1

Chassis (H x W x D): 43mm x 426mm x 356mm (1U)

Chassis (H x W x D): 1,7" x 16,8" x 14,0" (1U)

Chassis: SuperChassis 512-200B

Weight: 7,7 kg / 17 lbs

Wattage IDLE: 50 Watt

Wattage LOAD: 243 Watt

System MTBF (h): 42216 hours

Electrical: 100 - 240V, 60-50Hz, 4 - 2 Amp

Operating temperature: 10°C to 35°C

Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 70°C

Humidity range: 8% to 90%

Non-operating humidity: 5% to 95%

Compliant to: CE, cCSAus, FCC, VCCI-A

Link to manufacturer documentation

syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) T4

Unit: 1

Number of disk slots: 4

Redundant PSU: 1

Mainboard: X9SPU-F

Chipset: Intel C216 Express PCH

NIC

  • 2x Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
  • 1x Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 Dual GbE PCI-Ex4

IPMI: Nuvoton WPCM450RA0BX, SMT (Latest ver.: 3.38)

CPU: 1x Intel Xeon E3-1275v2 3.5GHz Quad

RAM: 2x 4GB Samsung DDR3-1600 ECC/Unbuffered STD

HDD: 4x Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB SATA III

RAID:

  • LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i SGL
  • + LSI LSIiBBU09 BBU

RAID type: RAID10

Chassis (H x W x D): 43mm x 437mm x 650mm

Chassis: (H x W x D) 1,7" x 17,2" x 25,6"

Chassis: SuperChassis 815TQ-R500UB

Weight: 16,5 kg / 38 lbs

Wattage IDLE: 60 Watt

Wattage LOAD: 547 Watt

System MTBF (h): 69667 hours

Electrical: 100 - 240V, 60-50Hz, 6.2 - 2.6 Amp

Operating temperature: 10°C to 35°C

Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 70°C

Humidity range: 8% to 90%

Non-operating humidity: 5% to 95%

Compliant to: CE, cCSAus, FCC, VCCI-A

Link to manufacturer documentation

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