Hi, Ours is a single processor.
Andrew :) ============================================ Access Grid Support Centre, RSS Group, Manchester Computing, Kilburn Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685 Email: [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Natalia Costas Lago [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10 June 2005 08:15 > To: Todd Zimmerman; Andrew Rowley > Cc: 'ag-tech' > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs > > > > Is it dual or single processor? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Todd Zimmerman" <[email protected]> > To: "Andrew Rowley" <[email protected]> > Cc: "'ag-tech'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:38 PM > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs > > > > Agreed on the crashing. Our venueserver hasn't had any problems and it > > runs 24/7. It usually only needs to be restarted about once ever month > or > > so... > > > > Concerning configuration and setup, our main venueserver runs on the > same > > machine as one of our bridges, while a second machine serves mostly as a > > second bridge (geographically separated) but can serve as a backup > > venueserver in times of crisis. > > > > One machine is a P3 1Ghz, the other a P4 2.8Ghz, both with 2 GB of mem. > > > > Neither has had an issue with performance and we host some fairly large > > meetings occassionally... > > > > Todd > > > > -- > > Collaboration & Visualization Technician > > WestGrid - www.westgrid.ca > > IRMACS - www.irmacs.com > > Ph. 604.268.6979 > > Todd Zimmerman - [email protected] > > > > > > > > Derek Piper wrote: > >> > >> Your VenueServer crashes a lot? hmm. I actually run ours on the > same > >> machine that does our Audio and Video for the node we have here. This > was > >> simple because when I was installing it last year, it was deemed that > >> that was 'the AccessGrid Linux machine'. Whether that's smart or not, I > >> don't know, but I've found it to be very stable. It's a single P4/3Ghz > >> with 1GB RAM. The machine was recently reformatted and reinstalled (now > >> Debian Sarge instead of RedHat 9) because of a failing harddrive (Dell > >> and their Maxtors ... sheesh). The VenueServer had to be restarted > >> occaisionally, but I'm thinking it was a few months between intervals. > We > >> have a bridge server on a different machine (another 3Ghz P4 that does > >> web stuff), since because of the audio and video VICs on the AV > machine, > >> they cannot occupy the same machine. > >> > >> Derek > >> > >> Andrew Rowley wrote: > >> > >>> Relating to this, I also wondered if people generally run their bridge > >>> server and venue server on the same of separate machines? > >>> > >>> We currently run ours on the same machine (a P4 1.7Ghz with 512MB > RAM). > >>> The > >>> venueserver crashes fairly often, and I sometimes find that restarting > >>> the > >>> bridge server helps, so I assume the bridge server sometimes puts a > lot > >>> of > >>> load on the server. > >>> > >>> Andrew :) > >>> > >>> ============================================ > >>> Access Grid Support Centre, > >>> RSS Group, > >>> Manchester Computing, > >>> Kilburn Building, > >>> University of Manchester, > >>> Oxford Road, > >>> Manchester, > >>> M13 9PL, > >>> UK > >>> Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685 > >>> Email: [email protected] > >>> ________________________________________ > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >>> Behalf > >>> Of Natalia Costas Lago > >>> Sent: 09 June 2005 08:39 > >>> To: ag-tech > >>> Subject: [AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs > >>> > >>> Dear all, > >>> Seeking for some information related to the hardware I need for our > own > >>> venue/bridge server I found two threads with no answer to this > question. > >>> It seems to me that the venue server doesnt need heavy resources, but > >>> I'm > >>> not so sure about the bridge server. > >>> I would really appreciate the sites that hold/organise very big > >>> meetings (as > >>> Argonne with SCGlobal for instance), and have much experience in these > >>> matters, give us some guidelines about the specs recommended (or the > >>> place/website where I could gather some information). Kind regards, > >>> Natalia. > >>> ----------------------------------- > >>> Natalia Costas Lago > >>> email: [email protected] > >>> Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia (CESGA) > >>> Avenida de Vigo, s/n Campus Sur 15706 Santiago de Compostela - SPAIN > >>> Tel: +34 981 56 98 10 Fax: +34 981 59 46 16 > >>> http://www.cesga.es/ > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > >
