[Mageia-sysadm] New hardware for mageia servers

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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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