From mjpomery at ucc.asn.au Mon May 4 23:39:14 2015 From: mjpomery at ucc.asn.au (Mitchell Pomery) Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 23:39:14 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] [wheel] Wheel Meeting May 8th at 7PM In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The wheel meeting is on This Friday at 7PM. It is open to everyone. >> Who: wheel and interested non wheel people >> What: A Wheel Meeting >> Where: UCC Clubroom >> When: May 8th 7PM >> Why: Catchup, state of affairs, looking forward >> How: Magic BONUS: If you can get to UCC by 5.30, you can listen to Zanchey's talk, title "UCC Tech Talk 2 - You Ran ssh motsugo, What Happens Next Will Amaze You!". Sysadmins Hate Him. Agenda for the wheel meeting: - ComSSA server in the Machine Room - Password Escrow - Vending Machine Changes - 10 year plan for UCC infrastructure - Whatever we come up with in the meeting If you are on wheel and not able to make it, can you send an email so we know in advance. Regards, Mitchell Pomery OCM and IPP 2015 UCC President 2014 OCM 2013 On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Mitchell Pomery wrote: > A reminder that this is on next Friday. > > Agenda will be out Monday evening. If you have anything you would like > raised, can you email it to me before then. > > Thanks, > Mitchell Pomery > > OCM and IPP 2015 > UCC President 2014 > OCM 2013 > > > On Sun, 19 Apr 2015, Mitchell Pomery wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> There will be an open wheel meeting on May 8th at 7PM in UCC. Wheel members >> should attend or send apologies. Other people are free to attend without >> notice, so feel free to join us. After the wheel meeting we will be working >> on things around the clubroom. >> >> The Agenda will be emailed out around a week before hand. If you would like >> something on the agenda, please email it to me before then. >> >> Due to the amount of people expected at the meeting, people not participating >> in the meeting may need to leave the room. >> >> Who: wheel and interested non wheel people >> What: A Wheel Meeting >> Where: UCC Clubroom >> When: May 8th 7PM >> Why: Catchup, state of affairs, looking forward >> How: Magic >> >> Regards, >> Mitch >> >> OCM and IPP 2015 >> UCC President 2014 >> OCM 2013 >> > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bobgeorge33%40ucc.asn.au > From zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Wed May 6 11:19:10 2015 From: zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (David Adam) Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 11:19:10 +0800 Subject: [tech] Molmol downtime Message-ID: <25e3d3163126841d38a66aa123164477@secure.ucc.asn.au> Hi all I want to reboot Molmol on Friday evening. There is a newer kernel that needs installing (so that we are running a supported version of FreeBSD) and a new SSD that [BOB] salvaged from Mylah that didn't appear on hotplug. We can use the SSD as a read cache and the new kernel should improve some performance issues a bit. All VMs hosted on shared storage will experience an I/O pause and /away & Windows desktops will stop working briefly. The outage time should be about five minutes all told, and I'll try and do it reasonably late in the evening, say 9:30? Thanks, David Adam UCC Wheel Member zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au From zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Wed May 6 16:51:55 2015 From: zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (David Adam) Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 16:51:55 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Molmol downtime In-Reply-To: <25e3d3163126841d38a66aa123164477@secure.ucc.asn.au> References: <25e3d3163126841d38a66aa123164477@secure.ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: On Wed, 6 May 2015, David Adam wrote: > There is a newer kernel that needs installing (so that we are running a > supported version of FreeBSD) and a new SSD that [BOB] salvaged from > Mylah that didn't appear on hotplug. We can use the SSD as a read cache > and the new kernel should improve some performance issues a bit. [BG3] has pointed out that only half of the drive bays are actually connected to the motherboard, as we only have one SAS card for Molmol. The two system SSDs are apparently connected straight to the motherboard. We either need to wire the SSD straight to the motherboard, or buy a new SAS card. [BG3] has also suggested we come up with a better way of mounting all the motherboard-connected drives - something like a mounting frame[1], which is available from PLE for $129.[2] [DAA] [1]: http://www.icydock.com/product/mb994sp-4s_frame.html [2]: https://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=614420 From mjpomery at ucc.asn.au Thu May 7 19:51:46 2015 From: mjpomery at ucc.asn.au (Mitchell Pomery) Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 19:51:46 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] [wheel] Wheel Meeting May 8th at 7PM In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Final reminder that this is tomorrow. Also final reminder (from me) that [DAA] is doing a talk tomorrow at 5:30. Regards, Mitchell Pomery OCM and IPP 2015 UCC President 2014 OCM 2013 On Mon, 4 May 2015, Mitchell Pomery wrote: > The wheel meeting is on This Friday at 7PM. It is open to everyone. > >>> Who: wheel and interested non wheel people >>> What: A Wheel Meeting >>> Where: UCC Clubroom >>> When: May 8th 7PM >>> Why: Catchup, state of affairs, looking forward >>> How: Magic > > BONUS: If you can get to UCC by 5.30, you can listen to Zanchey's talk, title > "UCC Tech Talk 2 - You Ran ssh motsugo, What Happens Next Will Amaze You!". > Sysadmins Hate Him. > > Agenda for the wheel meeting: > - ComSSA server in the Machine Room > - Password Escrow > - Vending Machine Changes > - 10 year plan for UCC infrastructure > - Whatever we come up with in the meeting > > If you are on wheel and not able to make it, can you send an email so we know > in advance. > > Regards, > Mitchell Pomery > > OCM and IPP 2015 > UCC President 2014 > OCM 2013 > > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Mitchell Pomery wrote: > >> A reminder that this is on next Friday. >> >> Agenda will be out Monday evening. If you have anything you would like >> raised, can you email it to me before then. >> >> Thanks, >> Mitchell Pomery >> >> OCM and IPP 2015 >> UCC President 2014 >> OCM 2013 >> >> >> On Sun, 19 Apr 2015, Mitchell Pomery wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> There will be an open wheel meeting on May 8th at 7PM in UCC. Wheel >>> members >>> should attend or send apologies. Other people are free to attend without >>> notice, so feel free to join us. After the wheel meeting we will be >>> working >>> on things around the clubroom. >>> >>> The Agenda will be emailed out around a week before hand. If you would >>> like >>> something on the agenda, please email it to me before then. >>> >>> Due to the amount of people expected at the meeting, people not >>> participating >>> in the meeting may need to leave the room. >>> >>> Who: wheel and interested non wheel people >>> What: A Wheel Meeting >>> Where: UCC Clubroom >>> When: May 8th 7PM >>> Why: Catchup, state of affairs, looking forward >>> How: Magic >>> >>> Regards, >>> Mitch >>> >>> OCM and IPP 2015 >>> UCC President 2014 >>> OCM 2013 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech >> >> Unsubscribe here: >> http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bobgeorge33%40ucc.asn.au >> > From unmercifulfish at ucc.asn.au Fri May 8 22:20:12 2015 From: unmercifulfish at ucc.asn.au (Emma Krantz) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 22:20:12 +0800 Subject: [tech] SOE updates Message-ID: Hi guys, I've done a quick update of what should be installed on the Windows machines. [AMS] (Andrew Seeley) is planning on doing a reinstall of all the machines over the break, so speak now or forever hold your peace (not really)! The list of programs to install (among other things) can be found here: http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/StandardOperatingEnvironment Emma Krantz [EJK] unmercifulfish -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20150508/ca764973/attachment.htm From nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Sat May 9 02:13:02 2015 From: nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Nick Bannon) Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 02:13:02 +0800 Subject: [tech] motsugo upgraded to Debian stable "jessie" 8.0 Message-ID: <20150508181302.GA3096@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> That was encouragingly straightforward - motsugo's now running jessie, including systemd. We had to remove mongodb-server (it could be put back again now). The old but stll current version of https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/cpu is still installed, it's in unstable but not actually in jessie or testing right now. We ran into http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=113269 : /etc/profile.d/pythonbrew.sh was breaking/corrupting root's $PATH - removed. These filesystems didn't mount on boot, a "mount -av" did work after boot: away:/space/away/home /away services:/space/services /services services:/space/mp3s /mp3s This would explain it... https://bugs.debian.org/739721 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/systemd#Remote_filesystem_mounts We tried adding system units to do it instead: root at motsugo:/lib/systemd/system# ls -l away.mount mp3s.mount services.mount -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 234 May 9 01:41 away.mount -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 233 May 9 01:41 mp3s.mount -rw------- 1 root wheel 311 May 9 01:41 services.mount ...but it's still not happening. Finally: IMAP problems from dovecot, which is mostly using the pre-upgrade config. e.g. webmail won't log in... https://secure.ucc.asn.au/rcube/ motsugo: /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:26 motsugo dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:26 motsugo dovecot: auth: Fatal: master: service(auth): child 21474 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:26 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 30 secs): user=<>, rip=180.216.12.57, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, session= /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:36 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=180.216.12.57, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, session= /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:54 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=58.7.106.78, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, session=<6bRh75UVvgA6B2pO> /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:54 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=58.7.106.78, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, session= /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:56 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=6419, input bytes=0 /var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:56 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 12 secs): user=<>, rip=58.7.106.78, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, session= Nick. -- Nick Bannon | "I made this letter longer than usual because nick-sig at rcpt.to | I lack the time to make it shorter." - Pascal From matt at ucc.asn.au Sat May 9 10:37:51 2015 From: matt at ucc.asn.au (Matt Johnston) Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 10:37:51 +0800 Subject: [tech] motsugo upgraded to Debian stable "jessie" 8.0 In-Reply-To: <20150508181302.GA3096@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <20150508181302.GA3096@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: I fixed IMAP. There was a libgmp in /usr/local/lib, I moved that away. On 9 May 2015 2:13:02 am AWST, Nick Bannon wrote: >That was encouragingly straightforward - motsugo's now running jessie, >including systemd. > >We had to remove mongodb-server (it could be put back again now). > >The old but stll current version of https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/cpu >is >still installed, it's in unstable but not actually in jessie or testing >right now. > >We ran into http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=113269 : >/etc/profile.d/pythonbrew.sh was breaking/corrupting root's $PATH - >removed. > >These filesystems didn't mount on boot, a "mount -av" did work after >boot: >away:/space/away/home /away >services:/space/services /services >services:/space/mp3s /mp3s > >This would explain it... >https://bugs.debian.org/739721 >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/systemd#Remote_filesystem_mounts > >We tried adding system units to do it instead: >root at motsugo:/lib/systemd/system# ls -l away.mount mp3s.mount >services.mount >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 234 May 9 01:41 away.mount >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 233 May 9 01:41 mp3s.mount >-rw------- 1 root wheel 311 May 9 01:41 services.mount > >...but it's still not happening. > >Finally: IMAP problems from dovecot, which is mostly using the >pre-upgrade config. e.g. webmail won't log in... >https://secure.ucc.asn.au/rcube/ > >motsugo: >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:26 motsugo dovecot: master: Error: >service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:26 motsugo dovecot: auth: Fatal: master: >service(auth): child 21474 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:26 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: >Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, >waited 30 secs): user=<>, rip=180.216.12.57, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, >session= >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:36 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Warning: >Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response >(greeting): user=<>, rip=180.216.12.57, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, >session= >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:54 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Warning: >Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response >(greeting): user=<>, rip=58.7.106.78, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, >session=<6bRh75UVvgA6B2pO> >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:54 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Warning: >Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response >(greeting): user=<>, rip=58.7.106.78, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, >session= >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:56 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: Error: >Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=6419, input >bytes=0 >/var/log/mail.log:May 9 02:09:56 motsugo dovecot: imap-login: >Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, >waited 12 secs): user=<>, rip=58.7.106.78, lip=130.95.13.7, TLS, >session= > >Nick. > >-- > Nick Bannon | "I made this letter longer than usual because >nick-sig at rcpt.to | I lack the time to make it shorter." - Pascal >_______________________________________________ >List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > >Unsubscribe here: >http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/matt%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20150509/9b33d561/attachment.htm From oxinabox at ucc.asn.au Sat May 9 13:32:35 2015 From: oxinabox at ucc.asn.au (Frames) Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 13:32:35 +0800 Subject: [tech] SOE updates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <554D9BF3.8040009@ucc.asn.au> Notepad++ is a must also. As is 7zip. What about Github for Windows? I think that is a great idea. We also prob want a PDF printer on all windows machines, and I further suggest that instructions to use Ninite or similar be put in there before the rest. Or even a link to a download with the packages preselected. https://ninite.com/.net4.5.2-7zip-chrome-essentials-firefox-foxit-gimp-inkscape-irfanview-java8-notepadplusplus-operaChromium-paint.net-pdfcreator-putty-steam-sumatrapdf-vlc-winscp/ Ninite doesn't have all of them, so I'll look into some of its compeditors. Eg Chocolaty (iirc). [*OX] Emma Krantz wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've done a quick update of what should be installed on the Windows > machines. [AMS] (Andrew Seeley) is planning on doing a reinstall of > all the machines over the break, so speak now or forever hold your > peace (not really)! > > The list of programs to install (among other things) can be found > here: http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/StandardOperatingEnvironment > > Emma Krantz > [EJK] > unmercifulfish > > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/oxinabox%40ucc.asn.au From oxinabox at ucc.asn.au Sat May 9 14:41:40 2015 From: oxinabox at ucc.asn.au (Frames) Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 14:41:40 +0800 Subject: [tech] SOE updates In-Reply-To: <554D9BF3.8040009@ucc.asn.au> References: <554D9BF3.8040009@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: <554DAC24.9090702@ucc.asn.au> Yes, I think chocolatey, is the better tool https://chocolatey.org Then we just maintain a list, like we do for apt. Way more packages set up. Thousands. Including Github for windows. -- [*OX] Frames wrote: > Notepad++ is a must also. > As is 7zip. > > What about Github for Windows? > I think that is a great idea. > > > We also prob want a PDF printer on all windows machines, > and > > I further suggest that instructions to use Ninite or similar be put in > there before the rest. > Or even a link to a download with the packages preselected. > https://ninite.com/.net4.5.2-7zip-chrome-essentials-firefox-foxit-gimp-inkscape-irfanview-java8-notepadplusplus-operaChromium-paint.net-pdfcreator-putty-steam-sumatrapdf-vlc-winscp/ > > Ninite doesn't have all of them, so I'll look into some of its compeditors. > Eg Chocolaty (iirc). > > [*OX] > > > Emma Krantz wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I've done a quick update of what should be installed on the Windows >> machines. [AMS] (Andrew Seeley) is planning on doing a reinstall of >> all the machines over the break, so speak now or forever hold your >> peace (not really)! >> >> The list of programs to install (among other things) can be found >> here: http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/StandardOperatingEnvironment >> >> Emma Krantz >> [EJK] >> unmercifulfish >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech >> >> Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/oxinabox%40ucc.asn.au > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/oxinabox%40ucc.asn.au From kurama101 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Tue May 12 16:39:25 2015 From: kurama101 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Jordan Meerwald) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 16:39:25 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine Message-ID: Hi all, I have been looking at a potential new mATX Windows PC for the clubroom, here are some proposed specs and rough prices. Prices and example components are from PLE because I used their part picker, but we can probably find things cheaper elswehere. I have gone for value over quality brands in most places, but if you see something that's too cheap and cheerless let me know. Low End Build - $970: i5 4460 3.2 GHz - $255 H81 mATX Motherboard such as Asus H81M-E - $80 8GB DDR3 RAM such as G.Skill Value C11 - $85 WD Black 1TB - $105 Generic mATX Case such as Silverstone Precision PS08 - $50 FSP Raider Edition 550W 80+ Silver power supply - $95 GTX 960 such as MSI GeForce Gaming 2GB - $300 Mid-range Build - $1150: i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 H97 mATX Motherboard such as Asrock H97M Pro4 - $120 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as GeIL Evo Veloce C9 - $100 WD Black 1TB - $105 Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 GTX 960 such as Gigabyte GeForce G1 Gaming 2GB - $340 High End 'I can dream of another hailstorm' Build - $1460: i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 Z97 mATX Motherboard such as ASRock Z97M Anniversary - $135 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as Kingston HyperX Fury Black C10 - $100 WD Black 1TB - $105 Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB - $115 Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 GTX 970 such as Asus GeForce STRIX "4GB" - $520 Thanks, [JDN] Treasurer From bob at ucc.asn.au Wed May 13 08:32:58 2015 From: bob at ucc.asn.au (Bob Adamson) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 08:32:58 +0800 Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jordan, What will this new machine be used for? Thanks, Bob -----Original Message----- From: Jordan Meerwald Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:39 PM To: tech at ucc.asn.au Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine Hi all, I have been looking at a potential new mATX Windows PC for the clubroom, here are some proposed specs and rough prices. Prices and example components are from PLE because I used their part picker, but we can probably find things cheaper elswehere. I have gone for value over quality brands in most places, but if you see something that's too cheap and cheerless let me know. Low End Build - $970: i5 4460 3.2 GHz - $255 H81 mATX Motherboard such as Asus H81M-E - $80 8GB DDR3 RAM such as G.Skill Value C11 - $85 WD Black 1TB - $105 Generic mATX Case such as Silverstone Precision PS08 - $50 FSP Raider Edition 550W 80+ Silver power supply - $95 GTX 960 such as MSI GeForce Gaming 2GB - $300 Mid-range Build - $1150: i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 H97 mATX Motherboard such as Asrock H97M Pro4 - $120 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as GeIL Evo Veloce C9 - $100 WD Black 1TB - $105 Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 GTX 960 such as Gigabyte GeForce G1 Gaming 2GB - $340 High End 'I can dream of another hailstorm' Build - $1460: i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 Z97 mATX Motherboard such as ASRock Z97M Anniversary - $135 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as Kingston HyperX Fury Black C10 - $100 WD Black 1TB - $105 Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB - $115 Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 GTX 970 such as Asus GeForce STRIX "4GB" - $520 Thanks, [JDN] Treasurer _______________________________________________ List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au From bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Wed May 13 08:37:19 2015 From: bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Andrew Adamson) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 08:37:19 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry I should have made that more clear - is this replacing a current machine or is it an additional machine? Andrew Adamson bob at ucc.asn.au |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | | ---Peter's Laws | On Wed, 13 May 2015, Bob Adamson wrote: > Hi Jordan, > > What will this new machine be used for? > > Thanks, Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan Meerwald > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:39 PM > To: tech at ucc.asn.au > Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine > > Hi all, > > I have been looking at a potential new mATX Windows PC for the clubroom, > here are some proposed specs and rough prices. > Prices and example components are from PLE because I used their part > picker, but we can probably find things cheaper elswehere. I have gone for > value over quality brands in most places, but if you see something that's > too cheap and cheerless let me know. > > Low End Build - $970: > i5 4460 3.2 GHz - $255 > H81 mATX Motherboard such as Asus H81M-E - $80 > 8GB DDR3 RAM such as G.Skill Value C11 - $85 > WD Black 1TB - $105 > Generic mATX Case such as Silverstone Precision PS08 - $50 > FSP Raider Edition 550W 80+ Silver power supply - $95 > GTX 960 such as MSI GeForce Gaming 2GB - $300 > > Mid-range Build - $1150: > i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 > H97 mATX Motherboard such as Asrock H97M Pro4 - $120 > 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as GeIL Evo Veloce C9 - $100 > WD Black 1TB - $105 > Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 > FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 > GTX 960 such as Gigabyte GeForce G1 Gaming 2GB - $340 > > High End 'I can dream of another hailstorm' Build - $1460: > i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 > Z97 mATX Motherboard such as ASRock Z97M Anniversary - $135 > 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as Kingston HyperX Fury Black C10 - $100 > WD Black 1TB - $105 > Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB - $115 > Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 > FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 > GTX 970 such as Asus GeForce STRIX "4GB" - $520 > > Thanks, > [JDN] > Treasurer > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: > http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > From jordan at seqav.com Wed May 13 22:38:51 2015 From: jordan at seqav.com (Jordan Meerwald) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 14:38:51 +0000 Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is a replacement for Cockgrunter, though there is spare desk space in the corner under the noticeboard if we want to keep that too. Cockgrunter currently is a ~7 years old LGA 775 board with a Core 2 Quad Q9300 and an 8800GT. Jordan Treasurer -----Original Message----- From: tech-bounces+kurama101=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [mailto:tech-bounces+kurama101=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au] On Behalf Of Andrew Adamson Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2015 8:37 AM To: tech at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Subject: Re: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine Sorry I should have made that more clear - is this replacing a current machine or is it an additional machine? Andrew Adamson bob at ucc.asn.au |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | | ---Peter's Laws | On Wed, 13 May 2015, Bob Adamson wrote: > Hi Jordan, > > What will this new machine be used for? > > Thanks, Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan Meerwald > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:39 PM > To: tech at ucc.asn.au > Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine > > Hi all, > > I have been looking at a potential new mATX Windows PC for the > clubroom, here are some proposed specs and rough prices. > Prices and example components are from PLE because I used their part > picker, but we can probably find things cheaper elswehere. I have gone > for value over quality brands in most places, but if you see something > that's too cheap and cheerless let me know. > > Low End Build - $970: > i5 4460 3.2 GHz - $255 > H81 mATX Motherboard such as Asus H81M-E - $80 8GB DDR3 RAM such as > G.Skill Value C11 - $85 WD Black 1TB - $105 Generic mATX Case such as > Silverstone Precision PS08 - $50 FSP Raider Edition 550W 80+ Silver > power supply - $95 GTX 960 such as MSI GeForce Gaming 2GB - $300 > > Mid-range Build - $1150: > i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 > H97 mATX Motherboard such as Asrock H97M Pro4 - $120 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 > RAM such as GeIL Evo Veloce C9 - $100 WD Black 1TB - $105 Slightly > better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 FSP Raider > Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 GTX 960 such as Gigabyte > GeForce G1 Gaming 2GB - $340 > > High End 'I can dream of another hailstorm' Build - $1460: > i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 > Z97 mATX Motherboard such as ASRock Z97M Anniversary - $135 8GB > (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as Kingston HyperX Fury Black C10 - $100 WD > Black 1TB - $105 Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB - $115 Slightly better > generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 FSP Raider Edition > 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 GTX 970 such as Asus GeForce STRIX > "4GB" - $520 > > Thanks, > [JDN] > Treasurer > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: > http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.e > du.au > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: > http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.e > du.au > _______________________________________________ List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/kurama101%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au From oxinabox at ucc.asn.au Thu May 14 00:38:07 2015 From: oxinabox at ucc.asn.au (Frames) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 00:38:07 +0800 Subject: [tech] Proposed new clubroom machine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55537DEF.2050405@ucc.asn.au> Low end looks great. Midrange is good also for the marginally better CPU. (The rest is pretty what ever) High end has nothing of value in it. PCI SSD hard drives are basically a joke at the performance increase to cost point (Last time I checked they actually preformed worse, but I heard they got better.) and in particular we would get little gain from it since our machines are never shut down, and we couldn't really happily install games on it -- it will file pretty fast, and most our speed/storage issues is log-in delay is cost we haven't quiet got the file storage for profiles working right. The rest of the high end cost is for up market versions of normal part (with some very small performance gains). [*OX] Jordan Meerwald wrote:n > Hi all, > > I have been looking at a potential new mATX Windows PC for the clubroom, > here are some proposed specs and rough prices. > Prices and example components are from PLE because I used their part > picker, but we can probably find things cheaper elswehere. I have gone for > value over quality brands in most places, but if you see something that's > too cheap and cheerless let me know. > > Low End Build - $970: > i5 4460 3.2 GHz - $255 > H81 mATX Motherboard such as Asus H81M-E - $80 > 8GB DDR3 RAM such as G.Skill Value C11 - $85 > WD Black 1TB - $105 > Generic mATX Case such as Silverstone Precision PS08 - $50 > FSP Raider Edition 550W 80+ Silver power supply - $95 > GTX 960 such as MSI GeForce Gaming 2GB - $300 > > Mid-range Build - $1150: > i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 > H97 mATX Motherboard such as Asrock H97M Pro4 - $120 > 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as GeIL Evo Veloce C9 - $100 > WD Black 1TB - $105 > Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 > FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 > GTX 960 such as Gigabyte GeForce G1 Gaming 2GB - $340 > > High End 'I can dream of another hailstorm' Build - $1460: > i5 4690 3.5GHz - $310 > Z97 mATX Motherboard such as ASRock Z97M Anniversary - $135 > 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 RAM such as Kingston HyperX Fury Black C10 - $100 > WD Black 1TB - $105 > Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB - $115 > Slightly better generic mATX case such as Fractal Core 1000 - $65 > FSP Raider Edition 650W 80+ Silver power supply - $110 > GTX 970 such as Asus GeForce STRIX "4GB" - $520 > > Thanks, > [JDN] > Treasurer > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/oxinabox%40ucc.asn.au From mjpomery at ucc.asn.au Thu May 14 22:05:03 2015 From: mjpomery at ucc.asn.au (Mitchell Pomery) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 22:05:03 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] ComSSA Server Colocation Message-ID: Hey Tech@ Following the Wheel meeting last Friday, ComSSA now have a server in UCC's Machine room. Currently only SSH and http are open for tha machine. Wheel keys are on it (username ucc-wheel, not root) and sudo is possible. I will add ther password to UCC Pass in the near future. Contact details for ComSSA and the people in charge of managing the server will be put somewhere (not sure where yet). Regards, Mitchell Pomery OCM and IPP 2015 UCC President 2014 OCM 2013 From gozzarda at ucc.asn.au Tue May 19 19:46:06 2015 From: gozzarda at ucc.asn.au (gozzarda at ucc.asn.au) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 19:46:06 +0800 Subject: [tech] [ucc] Minutes of Meeting on Tuesday, 19th May 2015 In-Reply-To: <20150519105401.94F1A20081@motsugo.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <20150519105401.94F1A20081@motsugo.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: <8b1a90c8dfce2d2992f70983b5d05daa@secure.ucc.asn.au> Oh right... I knew I had forgotten something... > ###Desktops > ... > - Windows machines are degrading fairly quickly, log in times are > looong This is in theory not a bug. I found a fix to the issue we had been having with temporary profiles on Windows machines. I have applied this fix to all our Windows desktops. The fix required the removal of cached logins from the machines. As such anyone logging into a machine they have not logged into in the last week or so will have to wait for their profile to load. In the case of some people with very large profiles (myself included, I don't even know when I put four different OS ISOs in my Windows homedir) this takes a very long time. In theory all user profiles should now be cached properly and subsequent logins will be much faster. For those interested, the temporary profiles issue was a result of Windows remembering Mylah as the home directory for cached user profiles, instead of its replacement Molmol. When Windows failed to access Mylah, it created a temporary profile. Clearing cached profiles properly (instead of just deleting local files as it seems people have tried in the past) causes Windows to reacquire these details on next login. Cheers, Gozz From zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Thu May 21 11:58:33 2015 From: zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (David Adam) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 11:58:33 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] gothamburg, the Xserve Message-ID: Hi all [TRS] has arranged for the provision of an Apple Xserve, which is now installed in the machine room as gothamburg.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au. [JCF] has upgraded it to Mac OS X 10.10. % system_profiler SPHardwareDataType Model Name: Xserve Model Identifier: Xserve3,1 Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 4 Memory: 12 GB LDAP & NFS are enabled and you can SSH to it. It does have Apple Remote Desktop installed, but apparently the multi-user access stuff requires OS X clients (standard VNC certainly doesn't work at the moment). Xcode and Homebrew are installed, with the usual caveats on multi-user Homebrew - in particular, you need to set `umask 0022` or similar before running `brew`. David Adam UCC Wheel Member zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au From president at ucc.asn.au Thu May 21 12:14:42 2015 From: president at ucc.asn.au (president at ucc.asn.au) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 12:14:42 +0800 Subject: [tech] Internship/Vacation Work Experience Opportunity with The Marketing Interchange In-Reply-To: References: <3c88a2cdc2821168b20fbf12a2c9f9ed@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <695374b376bc6040113f66faf5c2c7e9@secure.ucc.asn.au> Hi All, For anyone interested, I have been asked to forward on this email about an web development opening intended for CS students. If you are interested, contact Kenneth, whose details are given in the email. His email address is also in the reply-to field of this email. Cheers, Gozz -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: Internship/Vacation Work Experience Opportunity DATE: 2015-05-19 22:47 FROM: Kenneth Yap TO: president at ucc.asn.au INTERNSHIP/VACATION WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE ASAP! The Marketing Interchange is a multi-national company that specialises in retail competitive intelligence and analytics, delivered through our proprietary market research software. We are embarking on an exciting new project that will open global market opportunities for us and our staff. We are a BizSpark member and have a Senior Software Engineer in our Perth office who can provide mentorship over the next 3 months. We are looking for a bright and meticulous CS student, with the following skills in Web Development: * HTML5 * Jquery * Javascript * CSS3, and * Twitter Bootstrap. This is an unpaid internship, but we will reward the successful candidate with a monthly stipend and a great addition to your CV/portfolio. This position is open now and we close applications on the 31st of May, 2015. Anyone interested can send their CV and sample of their work (if any) to Kenneth Yap on kenneth at themarketinginterchange.com.au. We're confident that this experience will give you an edge over your peers! Thanks, Kenneth Yap Director @ TMI -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20150521/b03ab3af/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you happen to be planning a very early morning study sesh, just be aware that you will not have access to the internet, wireless services, email, printing, LCS, LMS, or any other services that rely on the UWA computer network. This also affects you if your home network is connected to UWA's. It's extremely important that this work be undertaken before the student exam period to avoid any uncontrolled outage. IS will make all efforts to minimise outage times and impact as much as is possible. For more information about this maintenance, please contact your local IT representatives. Thanks for your patience. Source: https://www.facebook.com/UWAstudents/photos/a.98351394062.87300.96408519062/10153437706699063/?type=1