[Toolserver-l] Status of the latest hardware order

[Soxred93]

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Is the commons database going to still be shared between s1 and s3?  
That may be a good use for one of those leftover servers...

X!

On May 17, 2009, at 7:00 AM [May 17, 2009 ], Daniel Kinzler wrote:

> Bryan Tong Minh schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Just a quick update on our latest hardware order: We are soon  
>>> getting a new
>>> database server, a new place for the /home dir and, in effect, a  
>>> second login
>>> server (willow; stable projects will be moved to a virtual box).  
>>> And on top of
>>> that, we get the playground box for the openstreetmap folks.
>>>
>> What is the current location of /home? Hemlock? What is going to
>> happen to that server?
>>
>> Also to which server will stable be moved?
>>
>>
>> Bryan
>
> Yes, home is currently on hemlock. Hemlock, vandale and zedler will  
> be idle when
> the new systems have been integrated fully. We have not yet decided  
> on what to
> do with them. Some may be decommissioned (so save power and make  
> room for new
> servers), lent to OSM, dedicated to some special/stable tools, or  
> we may keep
> them as alternative login servers. Willow will then also be free  
> for use as a
> second login server. We will look into tools for workload  
> management / grid
> computing tools to make the most of having multiple login servers.
>
> Stable will move to a virtual box/zone on the new server that will  
> also host the
> /home directory. It's currently causing next to no load, so  
> virtualizing it
> seems the right thing.
>
> -- daniel
>
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