[tech] Summer Colo shutdown request

[Luke Williams]

I use my colocated server (sophocles) extensively and the service is
very valuable to me. Is this the kind of problem that can be solved
with money?

The alternative of commercial colocation is really expensive
(>$1000/year) so I wouldn't feel hard done by if the club asked for a
substantial fraction of that as a regular fee for members to keep
their colos. If the cost deters enough low-use hardware to obviate the
immediate heat issue, perhaps the money could be put into a special
fund for improving the machine room. All under the broad protections
of our standard SLA, of course.

Thoughts?


On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Andrew Gozzard
<gozzarda at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today, UCC suffered a total network failure as a result of Murasoi
> overheating. With Summer rolling in, we think it is wise to try and reduce
> the heat load in the machine room as much as possible.
>
> To this end all members with colocated machines in the UCC
> Machine Room are asked to please remove or power off your machines.
>
> While this is not going to be enforced, be warned that UCC services take
> priority over member colos, and as a result your machine may be shut off
> without warning.
>
> In addition, Musundo has been taken down as a non-critical service that
> was producing a not insignificant amount of heat.
>
> Thanks,
> [GOZ]
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