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We have a pandaboard given by PLF, however it seems +</I>><i> to require a specific old kernel to run, and would be difficult to use +</I>><i> as a build host (at least for now). So we need to buy a new ARM board +</I>><i> if we want to add ARM to the build system soon. RTP suggests buying this +</I>><i> board from Freescale : +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://fr.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Freescale-Semiconductor/MCIMX53-START/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMspbelMIdDJdKswmyqRD7aG">http://fr.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Freescale-Semiconductor/MCIMX53-START/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMspbelMIdDJdKswmyqRD7aG</A> +</I>><i> 122,93 euros +</I>><i> +</I> +I guess RTP knows best about arm, so no objections... + +><i> - new disk to replace failing disks on ecosse and on valstar, and 2 new +</I>><i> disks for build nodes (raid1 for system fs, raid0 for build filesystem +</I>><i> for improved performances), and a disk for the ARM board : +</I>><i> 2TB (valstar) + 1TB * 4 => 169.99 + 4 * 84.99 = 509.95 euros +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.materiel.net/disque-dur-3-5-pouces/western-digital-re4-s-ata-2-to-64-mo-52965.html">http://www.materiel.net/disque-dur-3-5-pouces/western-digital-re4-s-ata-2-to-64-mo-52965.html</A> +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.materiel.net/disque-dur-3-5-pouces/western-digital-re4-s-ata-1-to-64-mo-62975.html">http://www.materiel.net/disque-dur-3-5-pouces/western-digital-re4-s-ata-1-to-64-mo-62975.html</A> +</I>><i> WD RE4 drives are more expensive than Caviar Black, but seems to be +</I>><i> better if we want less disk failures. +</I>><i> +</I> +Yep. the Raid Edition disks are very reliable. +I think we should even switch both disks on valstar as it's the most +important server we have. + +><i> - backup server : we need a server with a lot of disk space, to save +</I>><i> data from other servers. Fast CPU or a lot of ram is not needed on +</I>><i> this server. +</I>><i> dams suggested buying this server : +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=sv4r415&c=fr&l=fr&s=bsd&cs=frbsdt1&model_id=poweredge-r415">http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=sv4r415&c=fr&l=fr&s=bsd&cs=frbsdt1&model_id=poweredge-r415</A> +</I>><i> 899 euros +</I>><i> adding : +</I>><i> * Redundant power supply (132 euros) +</I>><i> * 4 * 1TB disks (4 * 332 euros) +</I>><i> Total: 2 261 euros +</I> +So a max of ~3TB disk space (with raid5). + +I'd also suggest a: iDRAC6 Express remote card for 67€ + +And then send theese specs as on offer request to a Dell sales +representative, as they can give better prices than the online configurator. + +><i> So total is quite expensive. An other solution could be to buy a cheap +</I>><i> computer that one of us keep at home/office, doing remote backups. Or +</I>><i> maybe we can find someone to donate a server, so that we only need to +</I>><i> buy disks for the server. Maybe we can ask for hardware donations for +</I>><i> this server on mageia-dev and/or blog ? +</I>><i> +</I> +Of course if someone want to donate a server, that would be nice too. + +I can do remote backups as a (secondary) "offsite" backup if necessary. + + +><i> - server for packagers, to host VMs used to test package builds. This +</I>><i> needs to be a fast server, with a lot of RAM. Should we buy an +</I>><i> expensive server for this now ? Or wait until we have more money, or +</I>><i> someone donate a server for this ? Or rent a server at 60 euros / +</I>><i> month on online.net ? +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.online.net/serveur-dedie/offre-dedibox-pro-r210.xhtml">http://www.online.net/serveur-dedie/offre-dedibox-pro-r210.xhtml</A> +</I>><i> +</I> +I'd go for an own server if we have the cash (and if not ask for +contributions (hw/cash)....) + +But one thing... How much rack space do we have available ? + +-- +Thomas + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003983.html">[Mageia-sysadm] New hardware for mageia servers +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003984.html">[Mageia-sysadm] New hardware for mageia servers +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3982">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3982">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3982">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3982">[ 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> |