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Bug 337981

Summary:	$600 CAD - RAM purchase for IP Team's scan server
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Denis Roy <denis.roy>
Component:	FoE Disbursements	Assignee:	Eclipse FOE Disbursements <foe-disbursements-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	caniszczyk
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Denis Roy

2011-02-23 10:10:20 EST

The IP team has a dedicated server for scanning code.  Although the server is 4 years old, it's still plenty powerful and modern.  It is a bit short on RAM, since it only has 8 GB.  As you can imagine, the code databases are quite huge, and this machine hosts the postgres db server AND the Java application to perform scanning.

For $600 CAD we can bring this machine from 8G to 24G which will make code scans faster, and will support newer releases of the scanning software.  Right now, with 8G, we barely meet the minimum requirements of the current version.

Comment 1 Chris Aniszczyk

2011-02-23 10:16:21 EST

Seems reasonable to me.

Anything to improve the IP process is a +1 from me.

Comment 2 Denis Roy

2011-02-23 10:20:50 EST

FWIW, I can easily see us getting another 3 years of service from this server, if not more.

Comment 3 Chris Aniszczyk

2011-03-02 12:19:43 EST

We have the unanimous support of the committer reps to grant $600 CAD toward this purchase. It's small, will extend the life of a machine and should improve code scans which in turn will improve the IP process.

Please move forward with this Denis.

Comment 4 Denis Roy

2011-03-02 14:25:35 EST

RAM has been ordered -- thanks for the quick turnaround.

Comment 5 Denis Roy

2011-04-04 11:48:13 EDT

As luck would have it, the retailer I had purchased this RAM from has gone AWOL.  I have contacted my credit card and have begin the dispute process, and I'll place a new order for RAM shortly.

Comment 6 Denis Roy

2011-04-21 15:03:44 EDT

FYI -- the RAM from the new supplier has shipped.  I've spoken with Janet re: planning the hardware upgrade, as well as a full software upgrade of the OS and the scanning software as well.

Comment 7 Chris Aniszczyk

2011-04-21 15:08:52 EDT

Nice!

Should you create another bug to track when the RAM actually gets deployed and just link it to this bug? As a way to keep us notified.