sourceware hardware transition plan, part 1/N

[Angela Marie Thomas]

On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@sourceware.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 01:56:59PM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>> Hi, Angela -
>> 
>>> [...]  Is the hardware already racked with console access?  [...]
>> 
>> Yes and no.  The /root/.ssh/authorized_keys have been copied over so
>> y'all may *look around* via ssh root@server[45].sourceware.org.  The
>> virtual console is on the RH internal network.
> 
> But that's nothing new...

Indeed.  My query was more along the lines of figuring out timelines.
If the partitioning is as desired and the base OS is installed, that's a
significant milestone.

I see that server[45] are configured with a single data partition /srv.  Is
it likely that it will be a mirror of sourceware's current /export/u0 or do
folks anticipate some changes in the directory layout?

> Should we start rsyncing data over?  It seems like we'll want a full
> backup of old sourceware there eventually.

Given that the new servers have considerably more capacity, it makes sense
to store a complete snapshot of current sourceware there.  It's stating the
obvious, but we'd want to avoid anything that changes a lot as that tends to
make the final copy take more time rather than less time.  That's one reason
I don't backup htdig.  Regenerating it is easier than backing it up.

--Angela