289585 - Move Talkback reporting server to new machine (lounge->star)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(mozilla.org :: Talkback Server & Webtool, task)

Description

[Jay Patel [:jay]]

lounge is currently a huge monster taking up too much colo space, so I'll be
moving all the stuff on that machine to star (which Dave should be making
available soon).  This bug is mostly for me to keep track of what I find on
lounge and what needs to be moved over to the new machine...as well as to keep
notes on new software that I will need for future Talkback reporting development.

Shiva:  Are there any specific requirements for the Talkback reporting server? 
Any limitations in terms of what software we can use?  I'm guessing we have
stuck with Solaris for a good reason all this time...but if it's only because of
the Oracle client, I'm sure we can get that for Linux from Shaver or something.

Dave:  If you have the system info for both lounge and star, can you post it
here, just so I know exactly what the processory, memory, os configs are for
those two machines?  Thanks.

Chase:  Since I'll be setting up the Talkback reports infrastructure from
scratch on the new machine, I was also planning on preparing it for development
of the release tracker/talkback admin tools (mysql, apache, tomcat, php, etc). 
If you have any ideas and or suggestions for the software we'll need going
forward, let me know so I can get it all installed there. 

And although it seems like an easy task, lounge originally took me about 2
months to get up and running properly...so I wanted to know if there was any set
deadline for me to complete this transfer.  Give me a date and I'll try my best
to have it done by then...

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

lounge:

System Configuration:  Sun Microsystems  sun4u
Memory size: 2048 Megabytes
HD: 40 GB

Status of processor 0 as of: 04/08/05 13:04:14
  Processor has been on-line since 11/12/04 14:17:26.
  The sparcv9 processor operates at 248 MHz,
        and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of processor 1 as of: 04/08/05 13:04:14
  Processor has been on-line since 11/12/04 14:17:29.
  The sparcv9 processor operates at 248 MHz,
        and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of processor 2 as of: 04/08/05 13:04:14
  Processor has been on-line since 11/12/04 14:17:29.
  The sparcv9 processor operates at 248 MHz,
        and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of processor 3 as of: 04/08/05 13:04:14
  Processor has been on-line since 11/12/04 14:17:29.
  The sparcv9 processor operates at 248 MHz,
        and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.


star:

HP Proliant DL360 G4
Memory size: 4096 MB
HD: 65 GB

processor       : 0
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
cpu MHz         : 3000.246
cache size      : 1024 KB

processor       : 1
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
cpu MHz         : 3000.246
cache size      : 1024 KB

processor       : 2
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
cpu MHz         : 3000.246
cache size      : 1024 KB

processor       : 3
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
cpu MHz         : 3000.246
cache size      : 1024 KB

Note these are hyperthreaded CPUs, so Linux thinks there's 4 of them, but
there's really only 2.

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Question:

I note that star has about 3 times the horsepower of lounge and mothra combined.
 Would there be any drawbacks to moving both talkback and talkback-public onto
star (with separate IP addresses if necessary)?  We could kill off two of those
E450s in one shot.

The collector appears to be a binary file with a .dll suffix...  is there a
Linux version?

Comment 3

[Jay Patel [:jay]]

Dave:  That's a good idea. I don't know enough about the repeater to give a
definite answer.  I'm meeting with Shiva today so we can discuss it then.

Comment 4

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

star has been added to the RHAPS and Extras channels on RHN.

tomcat 5, mod_jk2, IBM Java 1.4.1.2, Oracle 9.2.0.4 client libraries, Perl DBI
1.48 and Perl DBD::Oracle 1.16 have been installed.

Nothing has been configured however.

Comment 5

[Jay Patel [:jay]]

I have successfully moved all Talkback reporting to star and lounge is scheduled
to be shutdown soon.  The new server has also been moved to our new colo space
and has been running fine for a few weeks. Marking fixed.