Agreed on the crashing. Our venueserver hasn't had any problems and it runs 24/7. It usually only needs to be restarted about once ever month or so...
Concerning configuration and setup, our main venueserver runs on the same machine as one of our bridges, while a second machine serves mostly as a second bridge (geographically separated) but can serve as a backup venueserver in times of crisis. One machine is a P3 1Ghz, the other a P4 2.8Ghz, both with 2 GB of mem. Neither has had an issue with performance and we host some fairly large meetings occassionally... Todd -- Collaboration & Visualization Technician WestGrid - www.westgrid.ca IRMACS - www.irmacs.com Ph. 604.268.6979 Todd Zimmerman - [email protected] Derek Piper wrote: > > Your VenueServer crashes a lot? hmm. I actually run ours on the same > machine that does our Audio and Video for the node we have here. This > was simple because when I was installing it last year, it was deemed > that that was 'the AccessGrid Linux machine'. Whether that's smart or > not, I don't know, but I've found it to be very stable. It's a single > P4/3Ghz with 1GB RAM. The machine was recently reformatted and > reinstalled (now Debian Sarge instead of RedHat 9) because of a failing > harddrive (Dell and their Maxtors ... sheesh). The VenueServer had to be > restarted occaisionally, but I'm thinking it was a few months between > intervals. We have a bridge server on a different machine (another 3Ghz > P4 that does web stuff), since because of the audio and video VICs on > the AV machine, they cannot occupy the same machine. > > Derek > > Andrew Rowley wrote: > >> Relating to this, I also wondered if people generally run their bridge >> server and venue server on the same of separate machines? >> >> We currently run ours on the same machine (a P4 1.7Ghz with 512MB >> RAM). The >> venueserver crashes fairly often, and I sometimes find that restarting >> the >> bridge server helps, so I assume the bridge server sometimes puts a >> lot of >> load on the server. >> >> Andrew :) >> >> ============================================ >> Access Grid Support Centre, >> RSS Group, >> Manchester Computing, >> Kilburn Building, >> University of Manchester, >> Oxford Road, >> Manchester, >> M13 9PL, >> UK >> Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685 >> Email: [email protected] >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Natalia Costas Lago >> Sent: 09 June 2005 08:39 >> To: ag-tech >> Subject: [AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> Seeking for some information related to the hardware I need for our own >> venue/bridge server I found two threads with no answer to this >> question. >> It seems to me that the venue server doesnt need heavy resources, but I'm >> not so sure about the bridge server. >> >> I would really appreciate the sites that hold/organise very big >> meetings (as >> Argonne with SCGlobal for instance), and have much experience in these >> matters, give us some guidelines about the specs recommended (or the >> place/website where I could gather some information). >> Kind regards, >> Natalia. >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Natalia Costas Lago >> email: [email protected] >> >> Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia (CESGA) >> Avenida de Vigo, s/n Campus Sur 15706 Santiago de Compostela - SPAIN >> Tel: +34 981 56 98 10 Fax: +34 981 59 46 16 >> http://www.cesga.es/ >> >> >
