[Mageia-sysadm] New hardware for mageia servers

Mon Oct 3 15:34:42 CEST 2011

On 03/10/2011 14:27, Damien Lallement wrote:
+> Le 01/10/2011 19:24, nicolas vigier a écrit :
+>> Hello,
+>>
+>> Here is a summary of all hardware that we should buy for next trip to
+>> Marseille datacenter.
+>>
+>>
+>> [...]
+>>
+>> - new disk to replace failing disks on ecosse and on valstar, and 2 new
+>>    disks for build nodes (raid1 for system fs, raid0 for build
+>> filesystem
+>>    for improved performances), and a disk for the ARM board :
+>>    2TB (valstar) + 1TB * 4 =>  169.99 + 4 * 84.99 = 509.95 euros
+>>   
+>> 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-1-to-64-mo-62975.html
+>>    WD RE4 drives are more expensive than Caviar Black, but seems to be
+>>    better if we want less disk failures.
+>
+> Remember that WD Caviar Black are guaranteed for 5 years. I will send
+> them back to WD. So we will have new Caviar Black for spare.
+>
+>> - backup server : we need a server with a lot of disk space, to save
+>>    data from other servers. Fast CPU or a lot of ram is not needed on
+>>    this server.
+>>    dams suggested buying this server :
+>>   
+>> http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=sv4r415&c=fr&l=fr&s=bsd&cs=frbsdt1&model_id=poweredge-r415
+>>    899 euros
+>>    adding :
+>>      * Redundant power supply (132 euros)
+>>      * 4 * 1TB disks (4 * 332 euros)
+>>    Total: 2 261 euros
+>>    So total is quite expensive. An other solution could be to buy a
+>> cheap
+>>    computer that one of us keep at home/office, doing remote backups. Or
+>>    maybe we can find someone to donate a server, so that we only need to
+>>    buy disks for the server. Maybe we can ask for hardware donations for
+>>    this server on mageia-dev and/or blog ?
+>
+> Not expensive for my POV as is a new brand machine: if it fails in the
+> first years, no need to buy spare and go to Marseille! Renting a
+> server for the same time than the guarantee will cost the same (or
+> even better as GB are really expensive when renting) thing for a
+> single "rent".
+>
+>> - server for packagers, to host VMs used to test package builds. This
+>>    needs to be a fast server, with a lot of RAM. Should we buy an
+>>    expensive server for this now ? Or wait until we have more money, or
+>>    someone donate a server for this ? Or rent a server at 60 euros /
+>>    month on online.net ?
+>>        
+>
+> A guy from the community offer to rent
+> http://www.online.net/serveur-dedie/offre-dedibox-classic.xhtml
+> Can it suit packagers need (local build machine)?
+> If not enough for packagers build test machine, we know that we will
+> have this "dedibox" available for something else!
+> If no need, we will put the 35€ per month on a other expense.
+>
+> Dams
+Just a side note : as i'm now working in Marseille i'm even closer to
+ielo...
+
+i can replace a disk :)
+
+Just send me them and i'll send you back the fskc ones :)
+
+Cheers
+
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+
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