Hi All, Yes this discussion is complete, and the sites should buy something as near as possible to the spec below. Cheers Pete -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Gronbech GridPP Project Manager Tel No. : 01865 273389 Fax No. : 01865 273418 Department of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK E-mail : [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Britton > Sent: 18 January 2012 10:36 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Proposed Server for GridMon and PerfSonar > > Mark is away this week. Following this thread I concluded that everyone > is happy to go with the R610 with the following spec: > > > - Pair of E5620 CPUs, > > - 12Gb memory, > > - RAID 1, > > - PERC H200, > > - 2x 500Gb disks, > > - Redundant PSU, > > - Power leads, > > - a 10Gb SFP+ interface, > > - iDRAC6 Enterprise, > > - 5yr basic warranty. > > However, as Alessandra pointed out, some of this is up to the site so > the basic agreement is on the model, the amount of cpu, memory and disk > even psu and probably the warranty. > > Regards, Dave. > > > > On 18/01/2012 09:39, Ben Waugh wrote: > > I'm just checking that this is in fact now officially agreed and this > > discussion won't be revived again after I place an order. Can Mark > > Mitchell, Pete Gronbech or John Gordon confirm this? > > > > Cheers, > > Ben > > > > On 18/01/12 09:28, Sam Skipsey wrote: > >> The important thing is that everyone buys the same spec. Since I'm > >> fairly sure we all agreed the spec, the agreed spec is what people > >> should buy. > >> > >> Sam > >> > >> On 17 January 2012 23:43, John Gordon<[log in to unmask] > >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > >> > >> I think Mark is the owner of the spec, not Ewan. I can't tell from > >> the indents whether he agreed to this one. > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB- > >> <mailto:TB-> > >> > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] > On Behalf > >> Of Ben Waugh > >> > Sent: 17 January 2012 22:56 > >> > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:TB- > [log in to unmask]> > >> > Subject: Re: Proposed Server for GridMon and PerfSonar > >> > > >> > So at least I can safely assume no-one will complain if I go > >> ahead and > >> > order the spec as given by Ewan below? > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > Ben > >> > > >> > On 13/01/12 14:06, Alessandra Forti wrote: > >> > > I do. > >> > > > >> > > I think we can agree on the model the amount of cpu, memory > and > >> disk > >> > > even psu and warranty. The rest should be up to the site. > >> > > > >> > > cheers > >> > > alessandra > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On 13/01/2012 13:11, Ewan MacMahon wrote: > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >> > >>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes > >> [mailto:TB-<mailto:TB-> > >> > >>> > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On > >> Behalf Of Mark Mitchell > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Hi Peter, > >> > >>> I am in agreement with this. > >> > >> So, that's this spec, unless anyone has any remaining objections: > >> > >> > >> > >> - Pair of E5620 CPUs, > >> > >> - 12Gb memory, > >> > >> - RAID 1, > >> > >> - PERC H200, > >> > >> - 2x 500Gb disks, > >> > >> - Redundant PSU, > >> > >> - Power leads, > >> > >> - a 10Gb SFP+ interface, > >> > >> - iDRAC6 Enterprise, > >> > >> - 5yr basic warranty. > >> > >> > >> > >> and that comes to £1496.66 (ex VAT) or £1795.20 (inc VAT), on > >> > >> the LHC portal (or at least it did a few days ago). So everyone > >> > >> gets one of those for gridmon, and the perfsonar sites get a > >> > >> further two each to run the two bits of perfsonar on. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ewan > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dr Ben Waugh Tel. +44 (0)20 > >> 7679 7223<tel:%2B44%20%280%2920%207679%207223> > >> > Dept of Physics and Astronomy Internal: 37223 > >> > University College London > >> > London WC1E 6BT > >> > >> > > > > > -- > __________________________________________________________ > ____________ > > Prof. David Britton FInstP GridPP Project Leader > Rm 480, Kelvin Building Telephone: +44 141 330 5454 > School of Physics and Astronomy Telefax: +44 141 330 5881 > University of Glasgow EMail: [log in to unmask] > G12 8QQ, UK Web: www.gridpp.ac.uk > __________________________________________________________ > ____________