BTW we have a server in Hillsboro if someone can pick it up or coordinate drop off from Nathan W.
On Aug 10, 2014 6:44 PM, "Steve Langasek" <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 12:15:26PM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 07:57:39AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 07:37:35PM -0400, Carl Karsten wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Kees Cook <kees@debian.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 02:19:37PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > > Not a show stopper regarding video,
>
> > > > each room needs 2mb to the Net for the live stream
> > > > each room needs 30mb from talk room to NOC file server to keep the raw
> > > > files nice and save and available, but a simple usb2 drive can sneaker-net
> > > > the data around if needed.
>
> > > Okay, perfect. So we have some flexibility, even if sub-optimal, here.
>
> > Related to this, I was asked to find out how many and what kinds of
> > switches are available for videoteam use.
>
> > Also, videoteam will need a file server located in the NOC for storing
> > the video files. Videoteam will need 2TB of RAID and a spare disk for
> > backups. afaik, there is not currently a machine or drives available for
> > this. Is there any chance one can be borrowed or put together locally?
>
> Why RAID? What RAID level? Why "backups" on a spare disk? Please provide
> more precise specifications of what's required here. There doesn't seem to
> be any concrete information about the server specs in the wiki - though I do
> find in https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Videoteam/Hardware that at
> least at one time, we had multiple 1TB disks available for use. Where are
> these drives now?
>
> I have one spare 2TB disk that I can loan to this cause. It's not clear to
> me if this should be sufficient storage, or if we need to get additional
> disks. If we do need additional, I will probably just buy them and expense
> them rather than trying to chase down individual disks from people - disk is
> cheap, last-minute scrambling because a disk hasn't arrived as promised in
> someone's luggage is expensive.
>
> As for the machine, there have been several options proposed for a box among
> the locals, though none has resulted in a concrete piece of hardware yet.
> I've followed up on a couple of leads, hopefully we can lock this down by
> Tuesday.
>
> > Installation and configuration of such a machine would be handled by
> > videoteam. Assembly too, if need be.
>
> Yes, I will happily delegate this to the videoteam. You can assume you'll
> have a chassis and a pile of blank drives upon arrival ;)
>
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