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remmers
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response 52 of 84:
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Mar 5 17:45 UTC 2007 |
Oops, typo: The URL for the Ann Arbor metro on Upcoming is
http://upcoming.org/metro/us/mi/aa/
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cross
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response 53 of 84:
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Mar 6 13:40 UTC 2007 |
Good stuff, Remmers. Thanks a lot.
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cross
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response 54 of 84:
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Mar 6 13:41 UTC 2007 |
PS: Is anyone willing to write a story about grex for slashdot? That would
certainly give us visibility in the geek world, which could be really
interesting. Maybe if there were a call for a grex `project' more people
would be interested; for instance, looking for a replacement for picospan
might draw in some folks.
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twenex
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response 55 of 84:
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Mar 6 14:56 UTC 2007 |
Short answer: yes. Long answer: Some info on the history from a personal
perspective would be appreciated. Reachable via the usual email address. All
comers welcome.
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cross
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response 56 of 84:
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Mar 6 15:51 UTC 2007 |
A good historical perspective is in Jan's history, on www.unixpapa.com.
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marcvh
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response 57 of 84:
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Mar 6 17:44 UTC 2007 |
I'm trying to imagine the results of a slashdot grex article:
Imagine a Beowoulf cluster of script kiddies...
In Soviet Union, Grex logs in to you!
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nharmon
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response 58 of 84:
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Mar 6 17:55 UTC 2007 |
Heh, marc. Don't forget "Does it run Linux?"
I think we should hold off on attracting new users until the we get the
system to a better state of stability. The last thing I want is for Grex
to go down for a couple of days during a Slashdot article and lose what
chance it might have had.
Also, with that many eyes on Grex how shallow will its security problems
become? For that matter, could Grex handle a slashdotting?
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tod
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response 59 of 84:
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Mar 6 18:00 UTC 2007 |
could Grex handle a slashdotting?
Arbornet did.
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maus
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response 60 of 84:
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Mar 6 18:07 UTC 2007 |
Are grex and Arbornet comparable? What is our weakest link? What are our
single point failures? For that matter, what do we do better than others
to attract new visitors?
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cross
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response 61 of 84:
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Mar 6 18:57 UTC 2007 |
Actually, Arbornet (in terms of hardware resources, at least) is significantly
weaker than grex these days. It runs on a much older system, running an old
version of FreeBSD (though they're upgrading), with much less RAM and much
less hard disc space.
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cyklone
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response 62 of 84:
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Mar 6 19:24 UTC 2007 |
Maus should still check out arbornet, even though she'll need a different
username.
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maus
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response 63 of 84:
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Mar 6 19:43 UTC 2007 |
Arbornet is the org that runs m-net server?
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maus
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response 64 of 84:
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Mar 6 19:45 UTC 2007 |
Silly question: what is the ratio of horsepower:active_users ? What is
the ratio of horsepower:services_offered?
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jep
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response 65 of 84:
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Mar 6 19:58 UTC 2007 |
Arbornet is the organization which owns and runs M-Net. You can get to
M-Net by going to:
http://m-net.arbornet.org
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tod
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response 66 of 84:
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Mar 6 20:44 UTC 2007 |
re #64
I'd say the different between M-Net and Grex is nominal. If any comparison
is to be made, Grex is more robust scientifically.
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maus
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response 67 of 84:
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Mar 6 21:29 UTC 2007 |
I would say that a useful metric would actually be those ratios,
especially if we break the nebulous horsepower into concrete things
like measurable processing power, available memory, available network
throughput, &c. How much processing capability *per user* do we have,
and what would be an acceptable baseline, below which a user does not
get a nice experience? Same question for available virtual memory per
user.
Do we have resource limits in place to make each user play fair, so
that there is a base amount of resource per user (e.g. if there are 18
available concurrent ssh sessions, each user might get 5%, leaving one
session's worth for root and one for the system or something like
that).
By how much do we oversubscribe our resources?
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tod
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response 68 of 84:
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Mar 6 22:40 UTC 2007 |
We can't answer that now, Ms.Spock but we know we need to get the Enterprise
into the Slashdot quadrant before the Romulans uncloak.
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nharmon
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response 69 of 84:
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Mar 6 23:42 UTC 2007 |
Sorry, Jim. I'm a systems engineer, not a publicist. You simply can't
change the laws of physics.
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denise
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response 70 of 84:
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Mar 7 00:25 UTC 2007 |
Hmm, would we get much exposure on the AA [or broader] craigslist page
in one of their sections? [A month or two ago, I posted info about a
group I'm in to the 'group' page and had it sent to the AA as well as
the Detroit area's list. And I did get some response from it.] Dunno
if thhis would work for something like Grex, though.
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nharmon
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response 71 of 84:
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Mar 7 00:35 UTC 2007 |
I like that idea Denise! We could do that on a regular basis!
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cross
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response 72 of 84:
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Mar 7 03:54 UTC 2007 |
I'd like to see a broader target audience than just the Ann Arbor area,
though. That said, posting on criagslist is a great idea. How about some
posts on the Well also? I imagine that community might be interested in
another Picospan-ish system.
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krokus
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response 73 of 84:
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Mar 7 04:11 UTC 2007 |
At least that settles something, maus isn't maus I was thinking of.
I was wondering how Amy got so ComputerGeek savy so fast. :)
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tod
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response 74 of 84:
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Mar 7 23:41 UTC 2007 |
Amy is savy but also wise enough not to spend solar hours on Grex.
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maus
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response 75 of 84:
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Mar 8 15:51 UTC 2007 |
This maus is a different small, cute rodent. This maus also demands
offerings of cheese.
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cross
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response 76 of 84:
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Mar 8 16:54 UTC 2007 |
There are too many mice and now I'm just confused.
Will the real Maus please stand up?
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