[Hcoop-discuss] Help plan our next server set-up!

[Justin S. Leitgeb]

Hi all,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I talked with Adam over email 
and volunteered myself to facilitate planning and implementation of the 
new infrastructure.  For me this means that I will periodically 
summarize discussions on this list to update the main wiki pages, and 
that I will try to maintain momentum in the group towards goals related 
to our network infrastructure.

In this project, I hope that I can use some of my experience in my 
current job to help the cooperative.  I am currently an operations 
developer for an internet company with around 300 servers (all 
linux/Unix), including clusters of up to 70 load-balanced web servers 
fed by replicated and clustered database back-ends.  I'm also a 
part-time Sociology instructor at a local community college in Western 
New York, an academic position which has been related to my interest and 
support for various cooperative movements.

Although I think that some of my technical experience may be a valuable 
resource in this project, I also realize that hcoop has very specialized 
needs.  For that reason, I'm looking forward to learning from everyone 
else in the coop as we configure new machines and build new tools to 
improve our services.  In general, I think that the more voices from the 
coop that we can have discussing our ideal configurations and practical 
constraints, the better off we will be in the architecture that we end 
up with.

With that, Shaun, Karl, Nathan, Adam, and others who may not have spoken 
up yet -- how do you see us building out our infrastructure to best 
leverage existing resources while leaving us space for anticipated 
growth?  Specifically, what resources do we have access to, now and in 
the near future, in terms of hardware and capital that we can put to 
use?  How do you see these resources being allocated?  Ideas about an 
ideal setup that would help us to adapt to future growth?

Looking forward to getting to know everyone and building a great hosting 
cooperative!


Best,


Justin


Adam Chlipala wrote:

> Ignoring the fact that I've already invested a huge amount of time in 
> all sorts of HCoop issues, I'm sure that a significant fraction of 
> members are better qualified than I am to plan this stuff.  If you've 
> ever had a job that involved any component of system administration, 
> then this probably means you!
>
> Any takers?