For the community and computing power. Here is more info about their setup:
While we did initially start out on a single computer in 1987, the SDF is now a network of 8 64bit enterprise class servers running NetBSD realising a combined processing power of over 21.1 GFLOPS! Our mass storage configuration is comprised of 60 spindles of mostly 36.4gb and a few 9.1gb SCA LVD SCSI drives using DIGITAL Storage Works hotswap disk arrays. We have roughly 2 terabytes of storage online. We are networked via two sprintlink T1s and a T1 to savvis. We do BGP peering and try out best to load balance between the links via a CISCO 7xxx router/switch. We are using a 'swamp' class C 192.94.73 which has basically been assigned to our site admin along with his class C back when you could request one from the INTERNIC without much fuss. On Sun, 2 Feb 2014 02:05:42 -0600 Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had tried that system out in the long-ago highschool days when I was > trying to setup FreeBSD by downloading like a thousand 1.44MB floppy > install images over the school's 128K ISDN line... impressive thatSDF is > still up, and with many more machines: http://sdf.org/?tour/2012/index . > With all the techies having *NIX platforms at home these days I assume the > bigger draw there is the community. > > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > Not sure if anybody here has joined Super Dimension Fortress, if not > > and your a PC techy, this is a very nice online community to be a part > > of. The community itself is accessed via a shell account you get when > > you sign-up. Via the shell account, you can access an assortment of > > UNIX tools, including some SDF specific ones like a bulletin board, and > > a custom chat program. It's also interesting to see, as it shows how a > > multi-user *NIX system can work with many users all on a cluster of > > servers. It allows the use of the ".plan" file, which most people only > > hear about, as it's rarely used in this day and age. You can also > > "finger" other users as well, among other things. They also have their > > own MUD server which you can express your creativity in, and is > > actively used and seen by daily users. > > > > So, if you want to be part of a very geeky online community that has > > been around since 1987, do join: http://sdf.org/ > > > > If you have joined, my username is "kveroneau", so hit me up sometime. > > > > -- > > Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > -- Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
