Hi Jacek, Running the current 50 nodes on the long term is not an option, they are really old now and are located in special racks (IBM iDataplex) requiring a dedicated cooling system which is also not maintained anymore. The idea would be to set up a qserv platform on more recent or even brand new hardware that would have more cores, memory and disk / server. I guess that it is important to have several distinct servers rather than just 3 or 4 servers with many core inside ? Should they be connected through 10 Gb/s links or is 1 Gb/s sufficient ? What is the ideal amount of disk space per server / per core ... Dominique Le 24/09/2013 14:20, Jacek Becla a écrit : > Dominique, > > We will discuss this Thursday and get back to you. > My feeling is that something like 8-10 nodes might > be the sweet spot if keeping 50 long term is not > an option. What is the annual cost to keep all 50 > running? (assuming we just take out of service > machines that die). > > Jacek > > > > > On 09/23/2013 09:45 AM, Dominique Boutigny wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Let me add to Rachid's mail that it would be very useful to get a >> detailed description of both an ideal platform and a minimal one, I mean >> the minimum under which the platform is not useful anymore. >> Resources are limited and we will have to make choices. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Dominique >> >> >> >> Le 23/09/2013 03:03, Rachid Lemrani a écrit : >>> Dear all, >>> >>> The term "permanently" is not really correct. It's rather temporary >>> and short-term (to end of this year). >>> We are dealing here with old machines that are/were not maintained. >>> We expect a detailed description of the hardware needs for the qserv >>> test platform for 2014. >>> And our management/experts will evaluate the feasibility of the >>> request for the long-term. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Rachid >>> >>> >>> On 23 sept. 2013, at 10:06, Fabrice Jammes <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Daniel, Douglas, Jacek, and Serge, >>>> >>>> Good news ! CC-IN2P3 agree to keep 50 machines running permanently >>>> for Qserv development purpose. >>>> Here's two questions from Rachid Lemrani about these remaining >>>> machines at CC-IN2P3 : >>>> >>>> - Do you havea preference on the set of machines to keep (in ccqserv >>>> set {001 .. 320}), or can the CC-IN2P3 engineers choose it >>>> themselves(depending on racks for example)? >>>> - Do you still need the"first" installed qserv machines (ccqserv {01 >>>> .. 15})?Can it be stopped ? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Fabrice >> > -- Dominique Boutigny - CNRS / CC-IN2P3 Now at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Mail : [log in to unmask] - [log in to unmask] Office : +1 650-926-5759 - Cellular : +1 774-232-0912 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the QSERV-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=QSERV-L&A=1