[SAC] Fwd: [support.osuosl.org #24790] AutoReply: CRITICAL: 0:BBU Charged (100%):0:RAID-6:6 drives:557.75GB:Partially Drives:6 1 Bad Drives (6937 Errors)

[Alex Mandel]

On 04/07/2015 11:33 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Alex Mandel <tech at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>> On 03/12/2015 01:01 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>> On Feb 13, 2015 6:58 PM, "Alex Mandel" <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>>>> PS: I'm negotiating with OSUOSL on a plan to install a new machine and
>>>> retire osgeo4. Will post when I have all the details. New machine will
>>>> be better configured for our performance needs.
>>>
>>> Got the new machine ordered?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Markus
>>>
>>
>> We have rack space approved. I need to finalize the quote for SAC to
>> vote on.
> 
> Sorry to bother: do you have any news?
> 
> Today (European daytime) a page visit took up to 120 seconds to load.
> I am considering to move the GRASS Web site elsewhere ...
> 
> --
> Markus Neteler


Apologies, lost track of trying to get the order together after
performance improved with the hard drive replacement. 120 seconds? I've
never gotten anywhere near that. What time of day? do you have tests
from multiple locations? I just tested and was getting under 1 second
clicking on random pages (with my slowish home internet).

So the dilemna on the order, the quotes I have right now are around
$6000 but we only have $5000 earmarked in the budget from the Board. We
could shuffle some of the funds allocated in other line items, but I
don't want to make this decision unilaterally.

Or we could get less robust hardware or much smaller disks. The other
big question, 8 identical drives? or 6 identical and 2 smaller, the 2
smaller dedicated to the host OS (mirrored) the rest in RAID 5 x2 or
RAID 50?

Here's the last quote I did
http://www.siliconmechanics.com/quotes/284594?confirmation=995449031

Feedback please...

Thanks,
Alex