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This ticket is for tracking discussion and work related to hardware for hosting Long Term Support (LTS) services.
Denis and I talked about hardware this afternoon. We agreed that we'll need to start with 2 servers for minimal redundancy. In time, it's likely that each service will migrate off to its own server(s).
Upping priority to reflect the many tickets that depend on LTS hardware.
We've decided a single vserver would be sufficient to start... 4G RAM and about 40 GB disk is probably all I can do for now. I'll check to confirm.
I've managed to resuscitate one of our vserver hosts, so I've ordered 24G of RAM. That will increase two servers from 12 to 24G offering us many more slots.
If this host will just be running the LTS VM machine for now, please go ahead and start it up. We can take it down when the new memory arrives without trouble. Thanks!
I've got the VM set up ... is there any software you're expecting to see?
We'll take it with just the OS and add the rest from there. I'm guessing SLES?
Yes, SLES 11 SP1. I assume you're expecting root access? If so, can you please email me your public key?
It may be easier for Thanh & I to have root while setting things up. This would likely be less onerous on yourself and Matt. We'll keep good notes so we can re-do things once we've got actual hardware later on and decide if we need elevated access then.
lts.eclipse.org is yours. There are no ports opened to it from the outside world, so you'll need to bounce off build.eclipse.org for SSH (or SSH from within our office).
Here's a similar vserver host, like we use for eclipse.org. It has more RAM, more CPU cores and much more disk space than the donated eclipse.org counterparts. This will allow us to host multiple Hudson instances, as well as Windows slaves. We could add a second, third ... and load-balance them. 1. 1 Rackform iServ R331.v3 "LTS vserver host" Details: CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620, 2GHz (6-Core, HT, 15MB Cache, 95W) 32nm RAM: 64GB (8 x 8GB DDR3-1600 ECC Registered 2R DIMMs) Operating at 1600 MT/s Max NIC: Intel Dual-Port I350 Gigabit Ethernet Controller - Integrated Management: IPMI 2.0 & KVM with Dedicated LAN - Integrated Controller: 8 Ports 3Gb/s SAS, 2 Ports 6Gb/s SATA, and 4 Ports 3Gb/s SATA via Intel C606 Chipset PCIe 3.0 x16 - 1: Intel Gigabit I350-T2 Dual-Port Server Adapter 1000BASE-T Cat 5e - RJ45 PCIe 3.0 x16 - 2: No Item Selected NOTE: Hot-swap drives will be connected to 8-port 3Gb/s SAS controller (C606) unless otherwise specified Hot-Swap Drive - 1: 1TB Seagate Constellation ES (6Gb/s, 7.2K RPM, 64MB Cache) 3.5" SAS Hot-Swap Drive - 2: 1TB Seagate Constellation ES (6Gb/s, 7.2K RPM, 64MB Cache) 3.5" SAS Hot-Swap Drive - 3: 1TB Seagate Constellation ES (6Gb/s, 7.2K RPM, 64MB Cache) 3.5" SAS Hot-Swap Drive - 4: 1TB Seagate Constellation ES (6Gb/s, 7.2K RPM, 64MB Cache) 3.5" SAS NOTE: Fixed drives will be connected to 2-port 6Gb/s SATA controller (C606) unless otherwise specified Optical Drive: Low-Profile DVD+/-RW Drive Front Input: Front Serial / USB Ports Panel Power Supply: Redundant 700W / 750W Power Supply with PMBus & I2C - 80 PLUS Gold Rail Kit: 1U Sliding Rail Kit OS: No Item Selected Warranty: Standard 3-Year Warranty
Matt, I'm getting ready to ask for budget to acquire the vserver host spec'd in the previous comment. It is similar in spec to the 6 mirages we use for eclipse.org, but for LTS. Do you see anything wrong with this?
It's got RAM,HD,Nics,DVD, and 12 cores, looks fine to me. Are we considering using the disks 'as is' or in some kind of (software)RAID config? -M.
Probably in some kind of software raid. I figure md isn't any more complex than the Megaraid cli tools ;)
This is ordered. I've taken the liberty of bumping up RAM to 128G. It wasn't too expensive, and RAM is always in short supply on hosts. Should be in in a couple of weeks.
LTS hardware is fully provisioned. The lts.eclipse.org vserver has moved to its new host, RAM increased to 24G, CPUs increased to 8, and all the data has been migrated to the 2.5TB storage device.
Moving to the Working Groups section.
