[143730] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: How long is your rack?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leigh Porter)
Tue Aug 16 03:32:42 2011
From: Leigh Porter <leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com>
To: Bryan Irvine <sparctacus@gmail.com>, "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)"
<lyndon@orthanc.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:33:12 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CAG367gabn9DXVnztd5r77fY6y0kwQQNRjwfxFWDzJLViFpoyVg@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Irvine [mailto:sparctacus@gmail.com]
> Sent: 15 August 2011 17:42
> To: Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: How long is your rack?
>=20
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote:
> > I hope someone will explain the operational relevance
> > of this ...
> >
> > Sun V100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 FreeBSD firewall/border gateway
> > Sun V100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Plan 9 kernel porting test bed
> > Sun V100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 OpenBSD build/test/port box
> > Intel 8-core =A0 =A0 Solaris fileserver and zones host
> > AMDx4 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Random OS workstation crash box
> > Epia-EK =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Plan 9 terminal
> > MacBook x =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Snow Leopard build/test host
> > Intel-mumble-ITX Win2K8.2 development host
> > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 File server
> > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 CPU/Auth server
> > Sun V100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Oracle (blech) new-Solaris test/porting box
> > Sun V100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 crashbox for *BSD firewall failover tests
> > Sun V100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 *BSD ham radio stuff, plus Plan9 terminal
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 kernal testing.
>=20
> OK, you've piqued my interest. What use have you found for Plan 9?
>=20
How do you guys find time for all this? I used to have a couple of racks o=
f boxes in the basement, then I got married, had three kids and started a =
Theology PhD program.. Now anything I do at home is purely practical.
I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a backblaze ac=
count and using Randy's fantastic sync thing that he mentioned. I really d=
o not want 18 months of research to vanish.
--
Leigh Porter
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