[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
401 Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
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609 258-2712 (Fx)
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