On May 13, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Jason Dillon wrote:
On May 13, 2008, at 10:42 PM, Joe Bohn wrote:
Right I was running 2 very beefy machines manually in a dedicated
fashion with no automation. If we want something to share,
multiple VM images, and multiple concurrent tests then it would
need to be a bit more robust than what I was using. So I was
planning to ask for 4 multi-core machines (need to do some research
on CPU capacity) and 3-4 GB RAM each. I'll include that we could
get by with just 2 machines for a time while we work out the
automation/sharing issues.
I sent a note asking for some clarification on what they are
looking for in a proposal and an example (if available). I'd like
for whatever we request to be in line with most of their other
systems in terms of OS level/version, VM software, etc... so that
we can avoid the "one off" issue they list while still getting a
system that can support our testing needs.
What happened to the AMD systems which were heating up my apartment
last year? 2 4x (dual core) 16g machines with nice RAID cards,
etc... ?
Those machines are owned by IBM. IBM would be happy to donate them to
the ASF. However, they then become a potential support annoyance/
headache/migraine for Infra. IIUC, it's simpler, more manageable, etc
to buy new, standard hardware and roll it into mainstream ASF
infrastructure.
--kevan
