[SAC] PSC Vote: Buy disks for osgeo8 and osgeo9 - MOTION PASSED

[Regina Obe]

Thanks all.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Neteler [mailto:neteler at osgeo.org]
> Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 2:35 PM
> To: Alex Mandel <tech at wildintellect.com>; System Administration Committee
> Discussion/OSGeo <sac at lists.osgeo.org>
> Cc: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
> Subject: Re: [SAC] PSC Vote: Buy disks for osgeo8 and osgeo9
> 
> Full trust, +1 Markus
> 
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 12:48 AM Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I suppose at that price for 2x drives to try that's fine.
> >
> > +1 Alex
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/30/22 16:55, Regina Obe wrote:
> > > The disks on osgeo8 (2 are failing)
> > >
> > > And the disks on osgeo9 (are only 70 GB in size each)
> > >
> > > Both servers currently have 8 drives
> > >
> > > I've been reviewing a lot of the options and best I think is
> > >
> > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/224083213581
> > >
> > > As I have detailed here - https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2591
> > >
> > > My proposal is to buy 4  of these 1 1.2TB 10K SAS 2.5" 6G Server
> > > Hard Drives.
> > >
> > > Which are stated to be compatible with our server  HP DL360 G6.
> > > They are refurbished and not HP brand, thus much cheaper than new
> drives.
> > > But newer HP drives would be a waste of money as they are in the
> > > $300-$600 range for each server and these are old servers.
> > >
> > > So cost would be
> > >
> > > $33*4  = $132
> > >
> > > 2 will go into osgeo8
> > >
> > > and remaining 2 will go into osgeo9
> > >
> > > If these work fine after a month or so then we get 12 more for an
> > > additional $396.
> > >
> > > I have dismissed SSD drives since that would require SATA.
> > >
> > > +1
> > >
> > > Also would like to hear if anyone else has opinions on matter since
> > > I'm not that knowledgeable about hardware.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Regina
> > >
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