[AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs

[Michael Braitmaier]

The same here. Don't need to restart the VenueServer.
Only problem that occurs from time to time is the expiration of the globus 
proxy.
That makes the VenueServer unusable until recreation of the proxy and a 
restart.

Michael


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Zimmerman" <toddz at sfu.ca>
To: "Andrew Rowley" <Andrew.Rowley at manchester.ac.uk>
Cc: "'ag-tech'" <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs


> 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
>
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> 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 :)
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>>> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] 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.
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>>
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