On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Rene Rivera <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Michael Caisse <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Ciere's IT department has been working with DongInn at IU to complete the >> migration. Servers and functionality was migrated in November. Tests have >> been performed to verify that the new system is operating properly. The new >> server resources are syncing with IU's data on a regular basis. >> > > Are the user account moving also? If yes, are the log in credentials the > same? If not, what is the alternative access to the file system? > - IU did not have any user accounts directly tied to the machine. IU personnel logged in via ldap. Any console access accounts would need to be added. - Other access to items such as TRAC is handled via Apache’s .htaccess and .htpasswd files. That migrates over and is unchanged. - Any PSKs for ssh access would still be present today. > > Have you migrated and tested the test results system? > Have you migrated & tested that the test results reports web pages work > the same? > Have you migrated & tested the test report uploads? > The short answer is I still need to test this. I was hoping to have had enough time last weekend to report back but that didn't occur. I'll get back to you on this ... and probably ask a few questions on IRC. > What is the disk space availability of the new web server location after > all the mirroring? > There is currently about 100GB available; however, it is more complicated than that of course. I think it is safe to say that the server(s) will be sized based on our needs and additional storage added when needed. If you have some concerns or targets at this time, let us know! > > >> == Web Server Costs == >> >> The web server cost should easily fall into the resources donated by >> Rackspace. The exact sizing for bandwidth is still a little "unknown" and >> we are refining our estimates; however, we currently expect the >> > > You forgot to say something there ;-) > Funny. I was trying to get a closer estimate and then didn't add it in. We are currently estimating that the cost will be about $300/month. This is covered by the Rackspace donation and there will be no out-of-pocket expense to Boost. > > == What I need to know == >> >> Are there black-out dates for the migration of the MLs or web sites or >> both? >> > > Not during: 2-4 weeks before the start of a release cycle through 2 weeks > after a release to accommodate possible emergency patch release. > > The next release is scheduled for 2017-04-12. Which means the release > cycle starts on 2017-02-22. Which means that the switch could to do it > before the next release would need to happen: > > * Ideally from 2017-01-09 through 2017-01-24. > * Workable from 2017-01-09 through 2017-02-07. > > Warning, there is at least one new library inbound which needs to happen > before anything gets moved as it needs some time to iron out the > integration. So I would shorten the front end of a move to after 1-15 > (assuming I start on the integration Wednesday when I'm back in town). > Makes sense. > > And of course this all depends on the answers to my questions above. As > the critical item for releases is the uptime of the testing system. > Thank you Rene for taking time to respond. I'll coordinate more with you on IRC since it seems like you are the main person who understands the concerns related to moving many of the web services. Take care - michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Boost Steering Committee" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
