[Sisuite-devel] SystemImager.org Server Dead

[Brian Elliott Finley]

All,

Many of you have noticed that our server died. We've tried to revive it a
couple of times, but that only lasts a few days, then it dies again.

That said, we are in the process of selecting new hardware to replace the
dead server that hosts the systemimager.org site. I think we've identified
a box that will work for now, but it may still not be a long term solution,
as it's already pretty old. It's a single 800Mhz x86 CPU with 750MB memory
and twin system disks for mirroring.

If you would be interested in donating a better 1U x86 or x86_64 box for
this purpose, that might serve us well into the future, we would be happy to
include

"Thanks to $your_company for providing the server that runs this site!"

on the main page to show our appreciation. If you are interested, please
contact me directly.


In the mean time, you can find packages and source code here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemimager/


Cheers!

-Brian

[Brian Elliott Finley]

All,

I'd like to say thanks to each of you who made an offer of replacement
hardware. I have chosen to accept the offer from Jeff Johnson <
***@aeoncomputing.com>.

Jeff says a new server will be on it's way to us as early as Friday. Soon
as it's received, we'll prep it and get it installed in the Computation
Institute data center at The University of Chicago. Thanks to Ti Leggett at
the Computation Institute for accommodating our server in the CI data
center.

And thanks again to Jeff and his company for the new server!

Cheers, -Brian



On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Brian Elliott Finley

Post by Brian Elliott Finley
All,
Many of you have noticed that our server died. We've tried to revive it a
couple of times, but that only lasts a few days, then it dies again.
That said, we are in the process of selecting new hardware to replace the
dead server that hosts the systemimager.org site. I think we've
identified a box that will work for now, but it may still not be a long term
solution, as it's already pretty old. It's a single 800Mhz x86 CPU with
750MB memory and twin system disks for mirroring.
If you would be interested in donating a better 1U x86 or x86_64 box for
this purpose, that might serve us well into the future, we would be happy to
include
"Thanks to $your_company for providing the server that runs this site!"
on the main page to show our appreciation. If you are interested, please
contact me directly.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemimager/
Cheers!
-Brian
--
Brian Elliott Finley
Mobile: [phone]

[Brian Elliott Finley]

Ti, Greg,

Looks like we have a brand new 1U server on it's way. :-) I'll contact you
again when it comes in to make arrangements for me to come on site and swap
it in, and the old server out.

Specs should be along the lines of:

Asus RS160-E4/PA4 - Dual Xeon Socket 771, Intel 5000P, 4-drive SATA
hotswap, 1U
(
http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=40&l3=115&l4=0&model=1640&modelmenu=1
)
2x Intel Xeon E5430 quad-core processors
Two or four hi-capacity SATA drives (500GB+)
4GB 667Mhz FBDIMM


Cheers, -Brian


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Elliott Finley <***@thefinleys.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: SystemImager.org Server Dead
To: SISuite Users <sisuite-***@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: SISuite Devel <sisuite-***@lists.sourceforge.net>


All,

I'd like to say thanks to each of you who made an offer of replacement
hardware. I have chosen to accept the offer from Jeff Johnson <
***@aeoncomputing.com>.

Jeff says a new server will be on it's way to us as early as Friday. Soon
as it's received, we'll prep it and get it installed in the Computation
Institute data center at The University of Chicago. Thanks to Ti Leggett at
the Computation Institute for accommodating our server in the CI data
center.

And thanks again to Jeff and his company for the new server!

Cheers, -Brian




On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Brian Elliott Finley

Post by Brian Elliott Finley
All,
Many of you have noticed that our server died. We've tried to revive it a
couple of times, but that only lasts a few days, then it dies again.
That said, we are in the process of selecting new hardware to replace the
dead server that hosts the systemimager.org site. I think we've
identified a box that will work for now, but it may still not be a long term
solution, as it's already pretty old. It's a single 800Mhz x86 CPU with
750MB memory and twin system disks for mirroring.
If you would be interested in donating a better 1U x86 or x86_64 box for
this purpose, that might serve us well into the future, we would be happy to
include
"Thanks to $your_company for providing the server that runs this site!"
on the main page to show our appreciation. If you are interested, please
contact me directly.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemimager/
Cheers!
-Brian
--
Brian Elliott Finley
Mobile: [phone]

[Brian Elliott Finley]

All,

The new server was racked and installed on Friday (2009.02.20). By the end
of the day on Sunday, we had most of the sites/services up and running
again. We went with a fresh OS install (64bit Ubuntu), so we're having to
re-install/re-configure certain services, including the wiki that provides
the (www|wiki).systemimager.org service.

The following services are usable and/or completely back in operation:

* http://download.systemimager.org/
* http://svn.systemimager.org/
* http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/
* Shell accounts for developers

Still needing configuration is the wiki service (which I hope we will
complete today), and a few minor configuration tweaks. If you notice
anything not yet functional (or misbehaving), that is not
wiki.systemimager.org related, please send a note to
sisuite-***@lists.sourceforge.net.

I'll send another notice out once wiki.systemimager.org is back up.

Thanks again to Jeff Johnson and Aeon Computing for the wonderful machine
that now powers our site!

Cheers, -Brian

Post by Brian Elliott Finley
All,
I'd like to say thanks to each of you who made an offer of replacement
hardware. I have chosen to accept the offer from Jeff Johnson <
Jeff says a new server will be on it's way to us as early as Friday. Soon
as it's received, we'll prep it and get it installed in the Computation
Institute data center at The University of Chicago. Thanks to Ti Leggett at
the Computation Institute for accommodating our server in the CI data
center.
And thanks again to Jeff and his company for the new server!
Cheers, -Brian
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Brian Elliott Finley <

Post by Brian Elliott Finley
All,
Many of you have noticed that our server died. We've tried to revive it a
couple of times, but that only lasts a few days, then it dies again.
That said, we are in the process of selecting new hardware to replace the
dead server that hosts the systemimager.org site. I think we've
identified a box that will work for now, but it may still not be a long term
solution, as it's already pretty old. It's a single 800Mhz x86 CPU with
750MB memory and twin system disks for mirroring.
If you would be interested in donating a better 1U x86 or x86_64 box for
this purpose, that might serve us well into the future, we would be happy to
include
"Thanks to $your_company for providing the server that runs this site!"
on the main page to show our appreciation. If you are interested, please
contact me directly.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemimager/
Cheers!
-Brian
--
Brian Elliott Finley
Mobile: [phone]

--
Brian Elliott Finley
Mobile: [phone]