[tech] borrowed memory

[Anil Sharma <Grand Poobah Maset>]

We already have VM capable machines. Why not set up a large parallel rack 
for people to play with?

Also, with Cameron Hall's large loft, can't we vent (with a fan) the 
rack's heat up to the mezzanine level? Or at least out a window.

On Wed, 27 May 2009, Matt Didcoe wrote:

> They haven't been used by UCC yet hence the names haven't been changed yet.
>
> When there's a more adequate cooling setup in the machine room, the idea I 
> had was to setup some of the RackServers running VMWare Server (or one of the 
> others) and offer a base install server to any UCC member that wants one 
> (perhaps with a traffic quota though so UCC don't suddenly see a huge spike 
> in traffic because someone's running a popular website off their VM) - 
> people's thoughts?
>
> On 27/05/2009, at 8:12 PM, Grahame Bowland wrote:
>
>> Love that they kept their machine names. Awesome :-)
>> 
>> 2009/5/27 Matt Didcoe <matt at didcoe.id.au>:
>>> ex-fugro delta122 is without it's memory atm, as I have it testing out a
>>> potential fault in delta126 at home.
>>> 
>>> MRD
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> http://grahame.angrygoats.net