DivIT is waiving the charges ($23/month for the network port and the IP address, plus installation costs).
Ken On 07/31/2014 05:50 PM, Yehuda Katz wrote: > Corollary to that: If it is in the RDC, who is paying for the IP charges? I > have been dealing with another group on campus who's network was > disconnected because someone in DivIT realized that they were not being > charged for at least a year (and possibly more). > > - Y > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Emery Rudolph <erudo...@umd.edu> wrote: > >> Question for the group, given the significance of this service, would you >> like to move this to DivIT systems which are patched and maintained? If so, >> I can investigate. >> >> Very Best Regards, >> >> Emery Rudolph, MS >> Manager >> IT-ETI-PS Enterprise UNIX Services >> University of Maryland >> (301) 405-9379 >> http://www.umd.edu >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: UM Linux User's Group [mailto:UM-LINUX@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf >> Of Ken Tossell >> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:33 PM >> To: um-linux >> Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] Mirror.umd down? >> >> The server had two 36 GB WD Raptors (10k, 3.5", SATA II), one of which >> stopped working, for the OS, some static files and the mirroring scripts. I >> think these disks were less than half full. >> >> There are four 2TB Seagate Barracuda XTs connected to the faulty SATA >> controller (a 3ware 9650SE). We have about 1.8TB free (of 5.4TB). We have >> two spare disks, but we're out of drive bays. >> >> I believe the SATA/RAID card needs PCI Express x4. Ideally we'd replace >> that card with another SATA controller and either a) replace the Raptors >> with SSDs or b) replace the Raptors with working magnetic drives while >> adding a dedicated SSD for caching purposes. >> >> Ken >> >> On 07/31/2014 04:16 PM, Yehuda Katz wrote: >>> What is the current HD usage? >>> I am a current student (PhD, so I will be here for a while) and I have >>> some spare hardware if necessary that we could use to revive it. >>> Having a local mirror is really helpful. >>> >>> - Y >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Ken Tossell <k...@tossell.net> wrote: >>> >>>> The mirror server's had a combination of a failed OS disk, some >>>> filesystem trouble and a broken SATA controller. We're not sure why >>>> it locked up last Friday, but it's down right now because the SATA >>>> controller had its very frequent intermittent failure after the >>>> server was brought back up yesterday. We hoped the controller would >>>> start working after a remote reboot, but the machine never came back >> online. >>>> >>>> Even after we get the server running, there's a good chance of >>>> downtime with the current hardware. We are running with zero >>>> redundancy in the / disk, and the remaining drive is identical to the >>>> one that failed. Also, the SATA controller could break and disconnect >>>> the main software storage disk array at any time. There's a ~90% >>>> chance that the array won't come up after the next power outage. If >>>> that happens, we'll need to manually disconnect and reconnect the >>>> power several times in order to get the server going. >>>> >>>> I do some maintenance (adding mirrors, mostly), but since I'm no >>>> longer at the university, other people have been taking care of all >>>> of the issues that need local attention. >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> On 07/31/2014 01:33 PM, Yehuda Katz wrote: >>>>> I believe the mirror is run by Ken Tossell (k...@tossell.net). >>>>> >>>>> - Y >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Moshe M. Katz <mmk...@umd.edu> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>> There's been very little traffic on this list recently (correction, >>>>>> none at all), so I hope that people are still around. >>>>>> >>>>>> The mirror.umd.edu server appears to be down, and the only >>>>>> published email address is "mirror@hostname", which is, of course, >> down with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone know who the current maintainer is and/or what the >>>>>> story is here? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Moshe >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Moshe Katz >>>>>> mmk...@umd.edu >>>>>> (301) 867-3732 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Jeff Stuckman <stuck...@umd.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Do you know who runs this mirror? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *From:* Nicholas Rossomando [mailto:nross...@terpmail.umd.edu] >>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:55 AM >>>>>>> *To:* Jeff Stuckman >>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Red Hat: What we've found so far >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, right now, zero data from UMD. The mirror is down and has >>>>>>> been >>>> for >>>>>>> several days now. If it comes back up, it's definitely ideal for >>>> however >>>>>>> far back it goes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Noted, and will do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
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