On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm sorry to open a thread that I'm sure will cause a lot of discussion ...
> a) Hardware - we need at least three fairly decent configurations (4 CPUs
> or better ideally) -- a build system for advocates, a build system open to
> all illumos developers, and a reservable "test" system. (A sufficiently
> beefy system - e.g. a 12 way system, could be used to serve both of the
> build system needs, but I'd still prefer two separate boxes if possible.)
> In the past there have been many people who have offered to donate -- in
> some cases pretty high end -- SPARC hardware to illumos. We've failed to
> find a location for it though.
I have offered several platforms in the past. The number of machines
available have decreased, due to putting some back into production. I can
probably dedicate 2x v120's and 2x V100's. I may even be able to provide
shared access to a [dual-cpu] v240, with 1.5TB mirrored disk space (with
SSD for L2ARC.)
I need my V240 to run SunRay's and various commercial packages. My
long-term goal is for the v240 could host a non-Sun Solaris (i.e. SVR4
distro of Illumos origin) hosting various commercial software packages on
this platform. If this can not be done, the V240 would need to continue to
host Sun Solaris 10 Update 8 (at the latest.) I would be OK with hosting
various external users on this platform.
> b) Rack space for the systems, with sufficient power, cooling, and network
> bandwidth for 24x7 operation. We also need remote console access to all
> three systems, and ideally some kind of remote power control for at least
> the test system. I think we should like to see a 12-month commitment to
> keep these things running; we don't want to go to the expense and trouble
> of setting them up only to find we have to vacate a few weeks later.
> Recognize that two of these systems are going need very wide access to
> allow any illumos developer to have access. (We'll do some basic
> validation of email addresses, and use public key SSH authentication, and
> we an even arrange for a "click to agree" legal agreement process before
> granting access.)
I can host the 4x power efficient systems I am willing to provide (i.e.
v1x0) for no cost, indefinitely (barring death, dismemberment, acts-of-God,
etc.) I can agree to supply a UPS on the network access as well as on the
power supply of the units. Access would be via a 15Mbit (D/L) and 1Mbit
(U/L) ADSL line.
If an IPSec VPN is desired, we may be able to set this up for
these platforms, to make them an virtual extension of another existing
datacenter. I have a low-end VPN concentrator, which can be leveraged.
I normally use a couple of Intel laptops running Solaris (first release,
since it support 128K RAM) with OpenWindows and "tip" for accessing the
serial consoles on the servers. With some assistance, we may be able to set
up the LOM with tcp/ip on the v1x0's. These may make good test-boxes to
perform "net boot" from.
> c) If "a" and "b" are not co-located, then funds to ship the servers to
> the hosting location.
>
I offer to consider shiping one or two v100's or v120's to another
location, depending on the cost/destination (i.e. servers are in North
America - Indonesia may cost too much to ship to.)
> d) Human resources (administrative) to perform basic system administration
> and setup of the above resources, including a calendaring system for
> managing the test reservations. I *suspect* that this is the one resource
> we will find in plenty once the others are answered. So please wait to
> reply to this until we see if a - c are forthcoming.
I can agree to provide part-time human resources for the basic system. I
can probably turn up Solaris Calendar Manager ("cm") for group GUI
calendaring.
> ...
> (A brief note about simulators: there are some SPARC simulators. I'm not
> aware that any of them are capable of running illumos. If they were, it
> would be a huge boon to illumos and SPARC platform support. However,
> because hardware frequently differs from emulation, I don't believe the
> existence of such a simulation eliminates the requirements I've stated here
> for a healthy port. It *would* mean that there would be a reduced demand
> for the build systems, I think, and less frequent use of a remote test
> system, but I think we would still need these things to be available to the
> community to keep the port healthy.)
Some of us are more interested for an Intel emulator on SPARC, since SPARC
is where the commercial software is at.
I may be able to offer to host a 2x PowerPC G5 2.5GHz, if there is anyone
interested in PowerPC port of OpenSolaris/Illumos based system.
Thanks, David
http://svr4.blogspot.com/
http://netmgt.blogspot.com/
> Thanks.
> - Garrett
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