i don't think we moderate, but I am listening.
On 08/06/2014 09:24 AM, Emery Rudolph wrote:
>
> My apologies – I meant to say 10TB. I am fairly certain the EMC Isilon
> storage is fast enough. If not, as an alternative, I can offer the use
> of a Dell 2950 with a raid controller (without drives!) if that helps.
>
>
>
> I was under the impression that Peter Teuben was the moderator, but I
> could be wrong.
>
>
>
> *Very Best Regards**,*
>
>
>
> Emery Rudolph, MS
>
> Manager
>
> IT-ETI-PS Enterprise UNIX Services
>
> University of Maryland
>
> (301) 405-9379
>
> http://www.umd.edu
>
>
>
> University of Maryland
>
>
>
> *From:*Yehuda Katz [mailto:yeh...@ymkatz.net]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:58 PM
> *To:* Emery Rudolph
> *Cc:* um-linux
> *Subject:* Re: [UM-LINUX] Mirror.umd down?
>
>
>
> If you have VM storage that can approach the sustained performance of
> physical storage, then it might work.
>
> That said, 10 GB is definitely not enough space. Most projects require
> that you mirror the entire repository (including packages and isos).
>
>
>
> - Y
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 4:05 PM, erudolph <erudo...@umd.edu
> <mailto:erudo...@umd.edu>> wrote:
>
> Hi group,
>
> So what's the verdict? I am ready to create the VM with storage if
> needed. It would be Redhat if that is of concern.
>
>
>
>
> On 08/01/2014 11:55 AM, Ken Tossell wrote:
>
> 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
> <mailto: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 <tel:%28301%29%20405-9379>
> http://www.umd.edu
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UM Linux User's Group [mailto:UM-LINUX@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
> <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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:k...@tossell.net>).
>
> - Y
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Moshe M. Katz <mmk...@umd.edu
> <mailto: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 <http://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 <mailto:mmk...@umd.edu>
> (301) 867-3732 <tel:%28301%29%20867-3732>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Jeff Stuckman
> <stuck...@umd.edu <mailto:stuck...@umd.edu>>
>
> wrote:
>
> Do you know who runs this mirror?
>
>
>
> *From:* Nicholas Rossomando
> [mailto:nross...@terpmail.umd.edu
> <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.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Emery Rudolph, MS
> Manager
> IT-ETI-PS Enterprise UNIX Services
> University of Maryland
> (301)405-9379 <tel:%28301%29405-9379>
>
>
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