[AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs

[Todd Zimmerman]

Sorry - my bad.

Just been informed that the P3 is actually a dual processor also...

And should also noted that the P4 is a dual Xeon just for clarification.

Todd

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Todd Zimmerman wrote:
> The P3 is a single, the P4 is a dual.
> 
> Todd
> 
> Natalia Costas Lago wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Is it dual or single processor?
>>
>> ----- 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.
>>>>>  -----------------------------------
>>>>> Natalia Costas Lago
>>>>> email: natalia at cesga.es
>>>>>  Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia (CESGA)
>>>>> Avenida de Vigo, s/n Campus Sur 15706 Santiago de Compostela - SPAIN
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>>>>> http://www.cesga.es/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>