On May 12, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Joe Bohn wrote:
All,
We have discussed in the past the idea of getting some ASF hosted
machines that we can use to run and share TCK test results for
Geronimo. With more folks coming on board running TCK tests this
seems to be getting more and more important. It would also be great
if we could get some of the automation working again on these
dedicated machines ... but I think we need to secure some machines
first. For now, I think we should just get something we can share
for Geronimo with an eye toward possible sharing across other ASF
projects in the future.
Some recent discussions with infra indicate that the Geronimo PMC
needs to submit a proposal for these machines if we ever hope to get
some. The proposal must meet the criteria listed below in addition
to some more obvious things such as the number and specifications of
the machines. The Geronimo PMC must approve and then make the
request to ASF infra but we can discuss the requirements here and
formulate the proposal. Please jump in if you have opinions on the
specs and number of machines. Keep in mind that we need to keep
this request reasonable if we have a hope of getting it accepted. I
also imagine that we'll have to volunteer some people to help manage
these machines .... volunteers?
I'll start to put together a proposal with your input and when we
think it is complete enough I'll forward it to the PMC for further
action.
The sooner we can get this proposal pulled together the better off
we'll be.
Does anybody have a sample proposal for something similar from
infra? I'm not sure how detailed this proposal must be.
Joe,
This would be fantastic. Thanks for starting this discussion. Our
GBuild hosting infrastructure is no more. And we're overly reliant on
the machines running in Matt's basement.
IIRC, you've been keeping 2 machines pretty busy running CTS tests.
So, at an absolute minimum, I think we'd need 2 beefy multi-core
machines. Preferably, we'd have 3-4. With a stable hardware and
hosting environment, I think we could get an automated test system up
and running reliably. If we can use multiple VM images to concurrently
run tests, we'd be able to make better use of the hardware (with
faster turn-around of tests).
--kevan
