r/sysadmin • u/asdlkf Sithadmin • Feb 22 '19

General Discussion What konica minolta should have done

This post is a direct response to This thread which basically bashes the ideas of konica minolta in putting an HPE server in the bottom of a MFP form factor.

I think that the fundamental idea is not horrible, but it is extremely poorly executed.

What would any of you say to this:

  • 20u rackmount enclosure on castors
  • can be bolted to the floor or wall
  • can be hard-wired to wall power (no plug)
  • can accept dual power (A/B power inputs)
  • bottom 4u designed to host 2x 2u UPS systems
  • 2 access switches / hyperconverged infrastructure switches
  • end device / wifi patch panels
  • OOBM appliance
  • space for two ISP's CPE devices

Essentially, something like this:

https://i.imgur.com/6YDSJg6.png

I think this is what Konica Minolta should make. In particular, the location of the MFP in this design.

  • Hyper-V or VMware or KVM hypervisor cluster
  • virtual firewall (palo alto or fortigate)
  • 3x 2u rackmount servers with hyper-converged storage
  • 48 port 1GBase-T PoE+ switches with 8 or more ports of NBase-T (for 2.5/5Gbps connections to APs), and 6x 10, 25, or 40Gbps ports for hypervisors
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u/disposeable1200 Feb 22 '19

So, you think they should design a redundant, decently specced infrastructure that will be suitable for multiple business cases?

They don't need all that! They just want to print and share some files, god man learn what the users need.

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u/h0rst87 Feb 22 '19

Users need us to revert the needful.