If we were to remain at Peer1 we would still need new hardware. We could instead purchase a single machine and improve services in place.

1. Initial

1.1. New Hardware

• 2U Server

  • PowerEdge 2970

  • OpenAFS file server, master KDC, databases initially
• 1U Management console
  • IM4004-5
  • Smaller than the kvm (2U) and ipkvm (not racked, but using shared 1U with switch)

  • Full remote reboot and serial console on all machines

    • Deleuze has a BMC with IPMI 1.5 support
    • Can serve as a frontend to the IBM RSA2 and Mire's SP allowing us to take them off of the public Internet (lowering the chances of a breakin)
  • Net cost of $150 with only one server, -$150 with two
    • DRAC cards giving us remote reboot and a few other not so useful features cost $350

'Cost': ~$1700

1.2. Removed Harwdware

• 1U Krunk
• 2U Belkin KVM
• 0U Startech IPKVM

Scrap krunk (does it have Ultra320 SCSI drives that could be reused in hopper?), and craigslist/ebay KVM and IPKVM.

1.3. Reassigned Hardware

• Deleuze
  • Option One
    • Secondary KDC and AFS server
    • Maybe store mail volumes on Deleuze and user volumes on new machine
  • Option two
    • Database server (fast disks and decently fast cpus make it ideal for this)

1.4. Space Change

• Net 0U change
• Free up 2 ports on the switch
  • Remove krunk
  • Remove ipkvm
  • Remove mire SP (attach to console server)
  • Remove hopper RSA (attach to console server)
  • Add new machine
  • Add console server
• Console server would have no free switch ports (deleuze, hopper-sp, mire-sp, new machine)

2. Six Months Later

2.1. New Hardware

• 2U Server

  • PowerEdge 2970 or similar class machine

  • User accessible services
• 1U managed switch

2.2. Removed Hardware

• Mire
• Hopper
• Netgear switch

2.3. Space Change

• 0U
• Free up 1 port on the switch
  • Remove mire
  • Remove hopper
  • Add new machine
• Free up 1 port on the management console
  • Add new machine
  • Remove mire SP
  • Remove hopper RSA

We might want to keep the netgear switch to slave to the console server. A managed switch, however, would also offer vlan support and it looks like a port based management vlan could be used (as long as the vlan ID on the console and switch agreed).