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If we choose, the backpane for 4HDD, HDD will be 10k instead of + > 15k... Add adding SSD on our side will break Dell warranty... + +Well, it cant be Raid0 only. because one disk will break during rc/final +and we loose all build work and iso images. +(and since we dont have any local sysadmin ready to go fix things + fast, that will be really bad...) + +So we need either a raid controller capable of doing split, or run +with 4 disks, so we maintain bootable system and readybuilt isos +even when one disk dies. + + > - iDRAC6 Express (impi) + > Cost: ~1900 €* + > * last time, for sucuk, Dell sent me a 15% of rabate. So I think, I will + > have 15% once again... So it will make a server for ~1600 € + > + > The only issue I can see is the HDD. + > For now, on rabbit: + > [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">root at rabbit</A> ~]# du -shc /home/* + > 189G /home/bcd + +This one currently stores frozen repo, a lot of testbuilds and older +isos. +Full iso tree for QA is ~20G + +Then around ~10G is needed during dvd builds + +A frozen repo is ~100G + + > 63M /home/blino + > 110M /home/boklm + > 32K /home/colin + > 36K /home/dams + > 44K /home/dmorgan + > 367G /home/draklive + +This one currently stores a lot of testbuilds. + +A full Mga2 16 iso build including chroots is 60G + + > 3.7G /home/ennael + > 16K /home/lost+found + > 24K /home/mageia + > 76K /home/mirror + > 101G /home/misc + > 36K /home/nanardon + > 19G /home/pterjan + > 19G /home/tmb + > 698G total + > [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">root at rabbit</A> ~]# df + > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on + > /dev/sda1 9.7G 4.2G 5.1G 46% / + > /dev/mapper/rabbit-distrib + > 496G 368G 103G 79% /distrib + +If the server ends up in Marseille DC, this one can be +dropped as the primary mirror is at same DC so we get +fast resync, so we need only frozen repo. + + > /dev/mapper/rabbit-home + > 886G 698G 144G 83% /home + > /dev/mapper/rabbit-libvirtd + > 33G 315M 33G 1% /var/lib/libvirt/images + > [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">root at rabbit</A> ~]# + > + > So, the question is: "can you make live/DVD with 'only' 1,2 TB?" + > WDYT about this proposal? + > + + +-- + +Thomas +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004531.html">[Mageia-sysadm] Fwd: Message distribution: Authorization denied +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004534.html">[Mageia-sysadm] [council] A new server to replace rabbit.mageia.org +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4533">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4533">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4533">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4533">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |