[Babase] Papio Server Expansion

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Tue Feb 12 07:53:58 EST 2008


I'm basically done with my work day at 3:30 so the 3:30-5:30 slots are 
no problem (esp Thurs..I've got daycare pickup so I have to leave promptly).
Thurs 2:30-4:30 is also fine...I don't have any big babase queries or 
inputs to do.


Tabby

Lacey Maryott wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>    I spoke with Hunter today about why our disc space is running out. 
> It looks like the db is just getting too big for what space we 
> currently have. So, Hunter is going to add 2 Seagate Ultra 320 10K 
> 73GB hard drives to the papio server which will be mirrored to protect 
> our data.  These are used hard drives which Hunter is generously 
> donating to our cause so to speak (Thank You very much Hunter for your 
> help on this). They were headed to the server graveyard :-P so we 
> rescued them.  Anyway, Hunter would like to try to take the server 
> down for 2 hours to do this maintenance. Two potential times are 
> Wednesday from 330-530 or Thursday from 230-430 or 330 to 530.  Tabby 
> do you have any input on when you would prefer for this to happen?
>    This will mean the db itself will end up being on the original hard 
> drives and that things like user accounts in the root directory will 
> just be moved to something like the srv or other similar directories. 
> While we will notice a slight partitioning of where things are based 
> on this, the database will be in the same place.
>
> If anyone has any questions, please ask! Although Hunter or Karl may 
> be better able to field them than myself!
>
> Please do respond with what time would be best to pull down the db for 
> the maintenance so we can plan!
>
> Thanks!
> Lacey
>

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Tabby Fenn
Research Assistant

Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Princeton University
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