Re: AKLUG mirror server

On Tuesday 27 September 2005 10:25 am, Adam bultman wrote:
> I'm sure the case could be put to use by somebody!
>
> So far: we have:
>
> 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).
>
> We need RAM (133 MHz is best, since we have a 733 MHz processor), and
> the drives now.
>
> 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.
>
> 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!

I thought you asked for a volunteer to be the admin, in which case the
admin needs to pick the distro. Some folks don't like to work on some
flavors.

But since you asked, Debian with no x-server, pretty basic.

>
> 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.
>
>
> Adam
>
> Anthony Valentine wrote:
> >*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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Anthony
> >
> >
> >*
> >
> >Oliver Savage wrote:
> >>i'll throw in cash for drives, $50 on it. I would also like to learn
> >>how it is set up.
> >>
> >>>On 9/23/05, adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org> wrote:
> >>>>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=
> >>
> >>r
> >>
> >>>>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:
> >>>>
> >>>>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=
> >>
> >>p.
> >>
> >>>>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=
> >>
> >>e
> >>
> >>>>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=
> >>
> >>r
> >>
> >>>>teeth and getting a bit more familiar with both administration and
> >>>> linu=
> >>
> >>x.
> >>
> >>>>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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