Archive:Equipment/Borg

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| name = Borg <!-- Name of the item. -->
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| image = Hackspace_Unknown.png <!-- Image of the item. Leave with placeholder image if none exists. -->
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| model = Unknown <!-- Model -->
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| category = Equipment <!-- Main category. Please leave alone to keep item in this category -->
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| subcat = Systems <!-- Sub-category if one exists. Please check main listing to see other categories contained within the main one -->
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| status = Unknown <!-- Set to one of; Good working order, Faulty, Out of order, Under construction, Out of consumables, Scrapped, or Unknown -->
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| consumables = Unknown <!-- Any items used up in normal operation, such as; ink, paper, saw-blades, cutting disks, oil, etc.. -->
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| accessories = Unknown <!-- Any items associated with the equipment but not consumable, such as; drill bits, safety gloves, goggles, etc.. -->
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| reqtraining = Unknown <!-- Is training required to use this equipment? Yes or no. -->
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| trainlink = Unknown <!-- If training is required, provide a link to training signup or contact page. Otherwise leave blank. -->
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| acnode = Unknown <!-- Is the equipment ACnode locked? -->
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| owner = Unknown <!-- Provide a link to owners members page if other than LHS -->
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| origin = Unknown <!-- If via pledge, please link to the completed pledge page on the wiki -->
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| location = Unknown <!-- Floor, room/zone and location within that area -->
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| maintainers = Tgreer <!-- If someone is nominated as managing the upkeep of this item, please list them here. No links please; it currently breaks the template. -->
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| template_ver = 1.1 <!-- Please do not change. Used for tracking out-of-date templates -->
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Borg is a virtual host server to be used to give members access to virtual machines in the space and ultimately replace many if not all the functions of [[Babbage]].
 
Borg is a virtual host server to be used to give members access to virtual machines in the space and ultimately replace many if not all the functions of [[Babbage]].
  
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| [[User/MrCotten|Cotten Eye Joe]]
 
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Revision as of 14:55, 29 May 2013

Borg
Hackspace Unknown.png
Model Unknown
Sub-category Systems
Status Unknown
Consumables Unknown
Accessories Unknown
Training requirement Unknown
Training link Unknown
ACnode Unknown
Owner Unknown
Origin Unknown
Location Unknown
Maintainers Tgreer


Borg is a virtual host server to be used to give members access to virtual machines in the space and ultimately replace many if not all the functions of Babbage.

Naming

We are naming this machine after Anita Borg. Also the Borg.

Access

Currently the machine is not built. Please find Tgreer to get access to it.

Specs

To be confirmed.

IP

To be confirmed. We will most likely take an IP range so that we know those IPs are coming from a virtual machine.

Logbook

Borg/LogBook

Birth

It is reasonable to say the birth of Borg has been long and difficult, concern has generally revolved around the 3 areas:

  1. Usage
  2. Energy Consumption
  3. Location

Each have been discussed on the mailing list but for summary.

Usage

Borg will have the following uses:

  • Shell accounts for members
  • Virtualising random machines in the space
  • Processing of cams

Energy Consumption

Borg (being a server) could add substantially to our electricity costs. To help this we can offset some of it by the retiring of other machines in the space. It has also been agreed that if it takes up more than 275W regularly then a decision about Borgs future will have to be made. If it goes over 300W we will have to re-think our strategy. These figures are a maximum and equate to about £27 per month in electricity costs. The power consumption will be regularly measured and anyone is welcome to report power consumption levels.

Location

Taking up space in the main room or quiet room is clearly out of the question our 2 options are:

  1. Store cupboard/ex-toilet next to the darkroom/bio room.
  2. Toilets

A decision will be made soon.

Potential uses

Please list any machines/uses you think would benefit from virtualisation.

  • Shell accounts (from Babbage)
  • Cam processing (from Babbage)
  • Cross-compiling environment (from Lovelace)
  • netboot server (replacing netbootyboxxy).

Current VMs

Please keep this list up to date of virtual machines on Borg. If a machine is created but is not in this list it is liable to be switched off without warning.

Name Use Owner
ExampleMachine For displaying an example item in this table. Please be descriptive. Cotten Eye Joe

Showing 2 related entities.