Re: AKLUG mirror server

You might want to find out how much we have in the bank. I don't think
it's much ( if anything ) but we do have a bank account.

I've still got the following distributions mirrored.
1. Ubuntu ( hory and breezy )
2. Fedora Core 4 and 3
3. CentOS
4. Suse updates

We could rsync the aklug server with mine to get things started. Just so
you all know hory and breezy add up to 86 GB. I wasn't sure what to grab
so I rsynced everything but power pc.

Adam bultman wrote:

>I'm sure the case could be put to use by somebody!
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>So far: we have:
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>Case, motherboard, processor.
>Video card.
>2 Ethernet nics from Anthony.
>1 ethernet card from Jim Gribbin if he can find one.
>1 Ethernet card from me.
>2 SCSI, 2G hard drives, as boot.
>75+33 bucks for hard drives. (50 oliver, 25 me, 33 Anthony).
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>We need RAM (133 MHz is best, since we have a 733 MHz processor), and
>the drives now.
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>The system has a SCSI CDROM too, but the little adapter thingy from 68
>pin to 50 pin is missing. It is currently running ubuntu hoary, since I
>wanted to make sure everything works. It's borrowing RAM from one of my
>workstations.
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>Seriously now: We need a recommendation for a distro. I don't expect
>people all appreciate ubuntu. Ideally, the system would allow easy
>setup and management of LVM. I'm about to toast some centOS cds if no
>one pipes up!
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>Anthony: Thanks for your help, too, by the way. I could probably arrange
>a time with you to pick stuff up, since you work fridays.
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>Adam
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>Anthony Valentine wrote:
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>>*I found this drive ( http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3492233 ). It's
>>a 200GB Maxtor, ATA 133 for $69 and only **$13.73 for shipping. If
>>Oliver wants to throw in his $50, I'll cover the other $33.
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>>Also, a co-worker says that he will donate a brand new case, still in
>>the box. He doesn't remember specifics on it's size or manufacturer,
>>but he says he will bring it in to work sometime this week.
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>>Anthony
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>>Oliver Savage wrote:
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>>>i'll throw in cash for drives, $50 on it. I would also like to learn
>>>how it is set up.
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>>>>On 9/23/05, adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org> wrote:
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>>>>>Good evening, everybody.
>>>>>An idea was hatched tonight at the meeting: An AKLUG mirror server.
>>>>>
>>>>>Instead of placing the burden on Damien each week for getting his mirro=
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>>>>>up to date and bringing it in, we'd gather some hardware and set up a
>>>>>server to put mirror and other data on.
>>>>>
>>>>>For far, we have:
>>>>>
>>>>>Antec Case with 350W power supply (Thanks, Jim Wadell)
>>>>>Motherboard and processor (Thanks, guy who's name I don't know and Jim
>>>>>Wadell)
>>>>>2, 2GB 68pin SCSI drives and cable (Thanks, Adam Bultman)
>>>>>Adaptec 3940 SCSI Card (Thanks, Adam Bultman (and jim wadell for giving
>>>>>one to me))
>>>>>SCSI CDROM (Thanks, Adam Bultman) with converter
>>>>>Video Card (Thanks, Adam Bultman)
>>>>>
>>>>>What else we need:
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>>>>>RAM - 133 MHz, 168 pin SDRAM. As much as possible. There are three RAM
>>>>>slots.
>>>>>Ethernet Card: Ideally two or three for more throughput (multiple IP
>>>>>addresses or ethernet bonding)
>>>>>Hard drives: Since the boot drives (RAID1) and CDROM are SCSI, we'll
>>>>>have four open IDE slots. We would like to ideally *buy* some IDE
>>>>>drives, as large as possible. There are always deals at the local chain
>>>>>stores that we can take advantage of and hopefully get something like
>>>>>300G in there.
>>>>>Distro recommendations: I lean towards either centos or ubuntu. Any
>>>>>recommendations are accepted.
>>>>>Wade and Jim Gribbin have offered up some RAM to put into the machine.
>>>>>If I can get RAM for it sooner rather than later, I can have the OS on
>>>>>the server by next Friday. The larger the sticks of ram, the better.
>>>>>64s would be fine, but 128s would be better. If somebody wants to
>>>>>arrange a time with me to pick up some RAM, I'll run down and pick it u=
>>>>>
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>>>p.
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>>>>>If people offer to pony up dough (I'll kick in like, 25 bucks or
>>>>>something) somebody can pick up a drive and we can start getting the
>>>>>mirror set up next week. The more money, the better. We can get a few
>>>>>decently sized drives and use LVM. The smaller drives (you know,
>>>>>10-40G) probably aren't all that useful, since 4 drives at 40G would be
>>>>>easily filled with the mirrors of just a few distributions. I'm not
>>>>>really thinking we need to worry about RAID1, since the system will be
>>>>>kinda slow (733 MHz, if we can get 133 MHz RAM) and ide-based.
>>>>>
>>>>>The plan was to try to convince Jon Reynolds to "host" it in his cubicl=
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>>>>>or something. It sits under the desk with a local IP address, runs an
>>>>>http and nfs server that we can connect to each week . It won't be
>>>>>available to the outside world, so hopefully it won't get cracked or
>>>>>something. Somebody could keep it updated by setting up the mirror
>>>>>scripts to run each night late at night.
>>>>>
>>>>>What else would be needed is an admin. I'm sure we have many capable
>>>>>admins here available and willing to help admin the box. It also might
>>>>>give some of the newer people to linux an excellent way of cutting thei=
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>>>>>teeth and getting a bit more familiar with both administration and linu=
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>>>x.
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>>>>>If we are daring, and put the system on the internet (say, on an off
>>>>>port, with ssh keys as the only way of getting in, in order to minmize
>>>>>the possibility of getting broken into) we could allow people to get in
>>>>>during the week and test out new programs, perhaps making sandboxes for
>>>>>people to install and test new programs or daemons and use it as a way
>>>>>of perhaps preparing additional material for presentations...
>>>>>
>>>>>Let me know what you think; what you might have to donate or want to
>>>>>help out with.
>>>>>
>>>>>Adam
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