[OSM-talk] oops: was Update

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Thu May 4 00:36:58 BST 2006


* @ 04/05/06 12:23:30 AM steve at asklater.com wrote:
> Sent before completion, here's the full thing:
> 
> So where are the servers?
> 
> I went to Nick's place early yesterday where we loaded a van with the
> servers he had built and one of the racks (big heavy boxes of metal in
> bits). We then drove to pick up another rack on the other side of london
> and then to UCL where they were to be installed.
> 
> We got them all moved there and then hit paperwork hell in moving some
> machines from one building to another. Once we'd got that done and got
> the kit (a lot of machines, metal panels, rails, cables etc) up to the
> second floor it was time to close the building. Damn.
> 
> Today I met up with Nick (Black) and we went over to mee Nick (Hall) and
> we put together the equipment. Nick Black transferred the dev machine to
> a rack case, and we put the racks together, put the boxes in, hooked up
> cables and configured the machines. We copied the database from the old
> to the new box, made a new web server. We installed a KVM and had to buy
> a power supply for it and Nick (Hall) soldered some fans together for

Nick Hill, of course...

> the box to house the dev machine. This all took most of the day.
> 
> We then hit external problems, we needed to get clearence to use certain
> internet ports. So the machines are there and live but we're waiting for
> them to be given access to the rest of the internet.
> 
> So Nick (Hall) and I have spent two days trying to get things working
> and Nick (Black) spent most of today too. Sorry it's not back yet,
> hopefully things should move tomorrow with the ports, Nick (Hall) has
> done a lot of preperation to make this all work. Pictures:
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Servers
> 
> Nick (Black) has one or two more that he may upload.
> 
> 
> I want to say a big thank you to both Nicks for spending all the time on
> it and to Stefan and Yusah at UCL for hosting and help.
> 
> 
> The past two days cost some measurable things excluding our time like
> hiring the van (60 quid), congestion charge (7 quid or whatever), power
> supply for the KVM (12 quid) and so on. It adds up... it'd be much
> appreciated if you'd consider donating. If the site was up then you'd
> see a donate button so please consider a paypal to nick or I.
> 
> In any case we all hope we'll be back in business tomorrow.
> 
> have fun,
> 
> SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/
> 
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have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/




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