Minerva

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Minerva ~ 136.206.15.21

Details

Type:	4U Encom unit
OS:	Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
CPU:	2 x Intel Xeon 5030 (Netburst arch, dual core, hyperthreading on each core) @ 2.66GHz
RAM:	6GB
Storage:	3ware RAID Controller, connected to internal storage array
	Dell PERC 6/E RAID Controller with 512MB RAM and a battery backup unit, connected to DAS
Disks:	2 x 80GB SATA (Operating System)
	8 x 500GB SATA in RAID5 (Internal Storage Array)
Drives:	Internal IDE CDROM
	Internal FDE Floppy
DAS:	Worf
Network:	2x Onboard Ethernet
	2x Other Ethernet
Blinking lights:	Lots of them.

Description

There were rumours flying around that the SPC had some extra cash left over at the end of the 2006/2007 academic year, and Redbrick hadn't splashed out on a major new purchase in a long time. Also, we were in desperate need of more storage space, with gallery.redbrick eating up space on Deathray like nobody's business. So we decided to purchase a machine with, as Eoghan (atlas) described it, "an assload of storage". So Eoghan sourced the machine from Encom, we applied for a grant, we got the grant (whee!), and it now sits happily in the server room.

In February 2010 it became the host machine for Redbrick's new DAS, Worf, connected via a Dell PERC 6/E RAID controller.

Services

• Serves /home and /webtree over NFS.
• Primary login machine.