[frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011

  • From: Phil Goldbach <shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:37:37 -0700 (PDT)

Well, the 160 GB IDE drive I have did come in from a donation to FGM, so it's 
only fair that since I'm not using it that I bring it back in. It's a Western 
Digital WD1600, came in the Alienware tower that worked fine at the shop but 
died once I hooked it up at home. Plus the Dell Optiplex that I'm using now 
utilizes SATA for the hard drives, and has a Western Digital 160 GB in it as 
well. I still have a 200 GB IDE hard drive, but I'm keeping that. 

Phil Goldbach



"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."

--- On Mon, 9/19/11, Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, September 19, 2011, 2:42 PM




 
 

 

 

 

 







Phil and I pulled the Supermicro 1U server
out of the rack and popped the hood. There is no room for a second drive, and
the drive controller is IDE. Phil has a 160 GB IDE drive which he is willing to
let FGM use.  

   







Tom -- 







   









From:
frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tony Germano

Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011
11:41

To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re:
Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011 



   







I used the script I found on this
(http://xlylith.blogspot.com/2006/02/size-of-ubuntu-repository.html) page to
check. Table is below. Looking at only 10.04 32-bit binaries it will be about
45-50G. The 64-bit binaries are only slightly larger. I don't see a reason to
mirror source, so I didn't check sizes there. We would need additional disk
space for the host OS. 





   





When I mentioned a "reference box" I was
addressing the need if we were using a package caching server instead of a
mirror. While the repositories are actually smaller than what I had thought, we
will really only need a very small fraction of what is available. Using a
caching server instead of a mirror, we should be able to fit both 32-bit and
64-bit versions on Tom's existing hard drive. 





   





Ultimately, it doesn't really matter to me which way we
decide to go on this. 





   





i386-binary lucid main - 7.5G 





i386-binary lucid restricted - < 1G 





i386-binary lucid universe - 22.8G 





i386-binary lucid multiverse - 2.6G 





   





i386-binary lucid-updates main - 6.4G 





i386-binary lucid-updates restricted - < 1G 





i386-binary lucid-updates universe - 1.5G 





i386-binary lucid-updates multiverse - < 1G 





   





i386-binary lucid-security main - 4.1G 





i386-binary lucid-security restricted - < 1G 





i386-binary lucid-security universe - < 1G 





i386-binary lucid-security multiverse - < 1G 





   





Tony 







   



   









Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:30:21
-0400

Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011

From: ke4rit@xxxxxxxxx

To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



I know what I posted before (didn't catch the 40g for 2007) do we know about
what size drive we need for the mirror. I think I might have drives large
enough to test with here first...



Richard





 



On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 





There is a 1U Supermicro headless server
with Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS installed and patched. At idle or full gallop it
probably uses less energy than the workshop server so it could be a good choice
for 24/7 use. Drawback: It needs a bigger HD. 

  

I’m guessing it isn’t possible
to download and install the initial mirror in one warehouse session so your
offer to do those tasks looks helpful. 

  







Tom -- 







  









From: frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Richard Zimmerman

Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011
12:45

To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re:
Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011 



  

Actually no. The mirror
maintainer runs a nightly script that keeps the mirror in sync with the mater
builds. When install a new Ubuntu install, you over-ride the default mirrors in
favor or your mirror. This way, you keep the the traffic local and because you
run nightly updates to the mirror it the updates are also already local...



You don;t need a "Reference box" at all... Take the warehouse server
and make it a straight Ubuntu install and add the server tasks to it. Install
the mirror on the warehouse server and your job is done.



Richard



/ If it helps I have 15/3 Comcast internet again I can blast down the initial
mirror build if it helps... 



// Would probably recommend changing the warehouse server to Ubuntu so
everything is on the same page...



/// Is anyone maintaining the warehouse server anymore?





<Tony Wrote>

One thing to consider, though, is that package upgrades will be downloaded on
demand rather than proactively. That could mean that patches take longer to
download than we have time to apply them before we close the warehouse for the
night. Perhaps we can have a reference box running in a virtual machine that
can download patches during off hours so they are ready when the warehouse
opens?

</Tony>



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Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit

 Mishawaka ,
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