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= New System Hardware = | #pragma section-numbers off |
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During the HCoop IRC meeting on June 24, 2006, the group decided that it would based it's new system architecture on the following pieces of hardware: | This page collects information on the hardware that we have installed or plan to install as part of HCoop infrastructure. |
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* Two robust servers, one that doesn't allow normal user logins, and one that does. * One switch to form a LAN between these servers. * One serial port device, to facilitate remote access to our servers. |
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Also, it was mentioned that we should research hardware support contracts from any vendor that will be selling us equipment. | = Peer1 = |
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Additionally, group decided that the server that HCoop currently owns, Abulafia, will be brought to he.net for shell service. This will follow a necessary re-load of the OS software at a time to be determined later. | Current pictures of the actual Peer1 cabinet are at [[OnSiteVisits/20130627]]. |
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This page will serve as a forum for collaborative research on the pieces of hardware that we need. | == fritz == |
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== Servers == | FritzInfo |
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We will be purchasing two servers, which will be configured and sent to he.net for colocation. | * Location: Peer1 * Model: Dell PowerEdge 2970 * Processor: 2x Quad Core AMD Opteron™ 2372HE 2.1GHz 4x512K Cache 1Ghz HyperTrnsprt * RAM: 24GB (4x2GB + 4x4GB), 800MHz, Dual Ranked * 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives * Integrated SAS/SATA No RAID * Disks: system disks 2x 160GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive , + AFS disks 2x 1 TB Western Digital in RAID 1 * Redundant Power Supply with Dual Cords * Lan: Dual Embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC * Form factor: 2U * OS: Debian Squeeze * User logins: no * Source: purchase from Dell store, 2x 1 TB disks from Newegg |
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=== Desired Features === | '''Use: AndrewFileSystem fileserver, MitKerberos kdc, KernelVirtualMachine host''' |
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These servers should be as redundant as possible. At this point, we cannot afford to have less than one point of failure in many areas, so we should look for the following features in our new servers: | |
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* Redundant power supplies. * Hardware RAID. * Dual CPU's, AMD seems to be a stronger option than Intel |
=== KVM: bog === |
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==== Differences Between the Servers ==== | Location:: virtual machine on fritz Allocated Resources:: 4 processors, 3G RAM, 30G storage Operating System:: Debian Wheezy AMD64 User Logins:: Yes Intended Use:: Member shell and server hosting Details:: ServerBog |
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The admin-only server will hopefully be serving an AFS file system, which means that fancier kinds of RAID are justified there. The all-members server can get away with cheaper (and maybe even faster) solutions for local disk access. | |
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JustinLeitgeb thinks that perhaps RAID 1 would work on the all-members server, and either RAID 5 or RAID 10 on the admin server. It should be RAID 10 if we can afford it, or RAID 5 if we're shorter on cash. :) | = Linode = |
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There may be other factors influencing different configuration choices between the servers. | == outpost == |
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=== Proposed Models and Vendors === | * Location: Linode (hosted at UK data center) * Model: Xen VM * Processor: 8 cores (1x priority?) * RAM: 1024 MB * Disk: 40 GB * OS: Debian wheezy * User logins: no |
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Vendors: | '''Use: secondary DNS on a different subnet, all tasks requiring remote location.''' |
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* [http://www.penguincomputing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172&Itemid=230 Penguin Computing] * [http://www.dell.com/ Dell] * [http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=M&Category_Code=allracks Monarch Computer Systems] |
= Digital Ocean = |
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== Ethernet Switch == | == gibran == |
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=== Desired Features === | Location:: DigitalOcean NYC3 Allocated Resources:: 6 vCPU, 16G RAM, 320G storage. Additional block storage volume for OpenAFS `/vicepa` Operating System:: Debian Stretch AMD64 User Logins:: No Intended Use:: Primary AndrewFileSystem fileserver and dbserver, primary MitKerberos KDC, SQL databases, [[ConfigurationManagent|Puppet Master]] Details:: ServerGibran |
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* Gigabit * 5 ports minimum |
== lovelace == |
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=== Proposed Models and Vendors === | Location :: DigitalOcean NYC3 Allocated Resources :: 2vCPU, 2G RAM, 60G storage. Operating System:: Debian Stretch AMD64 User Logins:: No Intended Use:: Secondary AndrewFileSystem fileserver and dbserver, secondary MitKerberos KDC Details:: ServerLovelace |
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[http://newegg.com/ Newegg] has been recommended to several of us. | |
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* ($56.99) Highly-rated Netgear switch that is not rack-mountable [[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833122111 link ]] * ($249.99) Level One 16-port rack-mountable switch [[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833118021 link ]] |
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MichaelOlson thinks that we should go with the Netgear switch. It has been rated as a very reliable product, and is very affordable. | Location:: DigitalOcean NYC3 Allocated Resources:: 4vCPU, 8G RAM, 160G storage Operating System:: Debian Stretch AMD64 User Logins:: Yes Intended Use:: Member logins Details:: ServerMarsh |
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== Serial Port == | == minsky == |
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Docelic, or other users -- please update this section since I am entirely ignorant about these devices! :) | Location:: DigitalOcean NYC3 Allocated Resources:: 2vCPU, 4G RAM, 80G storage Operating System:: Debian Stretch AMD64 User Logins:: No Intended Use:: Mail server and ejabberd server Details:: ServerMinsky |
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=== Desired Features === | == shelob == |
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=== Proposed Models and Vendors === | Location:: DigitalOcean NYC3 Allocated Resources:: 4vCPU, 8G RAM, 160G storage Operating System:: Debian Stretch AMD64 User Logins:: No Intended Use:: Web Server Details:: ServerShelob |
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[http://www.cyclades.com/ Cyclades] was mentioned as one vendor of serial port devices which are linux-friendly. | = Awaiting setup = None. = Awaiting purchase = New virtual servers, see VirtualizedHosting2018 and ServerMigration2018. = Decommissioned = See [[/Decommissioned]] for older machines ---- CategorySystemAdministration |
This page collects information on the hardware that we have installed or plan to install as part of HCoop infrastructure.
Contents
Peer1
Current pictures of the actual Peer1 cabinet are at OnSiteVisits/20130627.
fritz
- Location: Peer1
Model: Dell PowerEdge 2970
Processor: 2x Quad Core AMD Opteron™ 2372HE 2.1GHz 4x512K Cache 1Ghz HyperTrnsprt
- RAM: 24GB (4x2GB + 4x4GB), 800MHz, Dual Ranked
- 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives
- Integrated SAS/SATA No RAID
Disks: system disks 2x 160GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive , + AFS disks 2x 1 TB Western Digital in RAID 1
- Redundant Power Supply with Dual Cords
Lan: Dual Embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
- Form factor: 2U
- OS: Debian Squeeze
- User logins: no
- Source: purchase from Dell store, 2x 1 TB disks from Newegg
Use: AndrewFileSystem fileserver, MitKerberos kdc, KernelVirtualMachine host
KVM: bog
- Location
- virtual machine on fritz
- Allocated Resources
- 4 processors, 3G RAM, 30G storage
- Operating System
- Debian Wheezy AMD64
- User Logins
- Yes
- Intended Use
- Member shell and server hosting
- Details
Linode
outpost
- Location: Linode (hosted at UK data center)
- Model: Xen VM
- Processor: 8 cores (1x priority?)
- RAM: 1024 MB
- Disk: 40 GB
- OS: Debian wheezy
- User logins: no
Use: secondary DNS on a different subnet, all tasks requiring remote location.
Digital Ocean
gibran
- Location
DigitalOcean NYC3
- Allocated Resources
6 vCPU, 16G RAM, 320G storage. Additional block storage volume for OpenAFS /vicepa
- Operating System
- Debian Stretch AMD64
- User Logins
- No
- Intended Use
Primary AndrewFileSystem fileserver and dbserver, primary MitKerberos KDC, SQL databases, Puppet Master
- Details
lovelace
- Location
DigitalOcean NYC3
- Allocated Resources
- 2vCPU, 2G RAM, 60G storage.
- Operating System
- Debian Stretch AMD64
- User Logins
- No
- Intended Use
Secondary AndrewFileSystem fileserver and dbserver, secondary MitKerberos KDC
- Details
marsh
- Location
DigitalOcean NYC3
- Allocated Resources
- 4vCPU, 8G RAM, 160G storage
- Operating System
- Debian Stretch AMD64
- User Logins
- Yes
- Intended Use
- Member logins
- Details
minsky
- Location
DigitalOcean NYC3
- Allocated Resources
- 2vCPU, 4G RAM, 80G storage
- Operating System
- Debian Stretch AMD64
- User Logins
- No
- Intended Use
- Mail server and ejabberd server
- Details
shelob
- Location
DigitalOcean NYC3
- Allocated Resources
- 4vCPU, 8G RAM, 160G storage
- Operating System
- Debian Stretch AMD64
- User Logins
- No
- Intended Use
- Web Server
- Details
Awaiting setup
None.
Awaiting purchase
New virtual servers, see VirtualizedHosting2018 and ServerMigration2018.
Decommissioned
See /Decommissioned for older machines