More details on Server provision

[annesley]

we would like the following details on all servers provided by WebArchitects? (Penguin, Puffin and Parrot):

CPU type, speed, and characteristics
Disk Space
RAID type
Traffic limits and characteristics
Bandwidth limits and characteristics

Thanks!

[chris]

All the servers have the same CPUs:

vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 16
model           : 9
model name      : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6128
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x10000d9
cpu MHz         : 1884.861
cache size      : 512 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 5
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid amd_dcm pni cx16 popcnt hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch nodeid_msr hw_pstate
bogomips        : 3769.72
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

I have updated the wiki pages with additional details:

• wiki:PuffinServer#Puffin
• wiki:PenguinServer#Penguin
• wiki:ParrotServer#Parrot

Let me know if any more information is needed.

[annesley]

thanks!

could you also let me know:
RAID type, incl. hardware /software
Bandwidth limits and characteristics

:)

[annesley]

and also your hourly rates for all the systems administration.
all systems administration work is extra in addition to the monthly fees?

[chris]

Replying to annesley:

could you also let me know:
RAID type, incl. hardware /software

As I said the filesystem is mounted over the network using NFS and it exists on a FreeBSD ​ZFS server with 14x1GB disk and a pair of 900GB SSDs.

Bandwidth limits and characteristics

8Mb but we can burst up to the physical limits of the connection up to 5% of the time -- this is plenty, see the ​Puffin eth0 traffic.

[chris]

Replying to annesley:

and also your hourly rates for all the systems administration.
all systems administration work is extra in addition to the monthly fees?

The hourly work isn't directly connected to our provision of virtual servers -- we do syadmin for many clients on servers other than our own.

Our rate for sysadmin is ​£42 per hour and this is usually charged to non-members, like the Transition Network, in minimum units of one hour. However because we are supporters of the Transition Network we waive this minimum time and record smaller increments of time (15 min was agreed with Ed as the minimum unit of chargeable time) and we also only charge £31.25 per hour.

[annesley]

Ah yes, I don't really know what any of this means very well. Not a hardware person. Thanks for info.

Is 8Mb = 8Mbits/sec?

I've just noticed the following fields also:

Monthly fee
Annual fee
Total annual running cost
Backup annual cost

Does that make sense? Should I change / add to the fields for your pricing context?

Thanks.

[chris]

Replying to annesley:

Ah yes, I don't really know what any of this means very well. Not a hardware person. Thanks for info.

Is 8Mb = 8Mbits/sec?

Yes.

I've just noticed the following fields also:

Monthly fee
Annual fee
Total annual running cost
Backup annual cost

Does that make sense?

Not exactly, if you want to know what the quarterly invoice from Webarchitects Co-operative is for hosting it is £724.00:

Item Name	Item Description	Quantity	Unit Price
500 GB quarterly	Backup 500 GB quarterly	1.00	£73.00
puffin : Sheffield VPS 4 quarterly	4GB RAM virtual server hosted in Sheffie...	1.00	£234.00
puffin : Additional 4GB RAM quarterly	Additional 4GB of RAM for a virtual serv...	1.00	£85.00
penguin : Sheffield VPS 2 quarterly	2GB RAM virtual server hosted in Sheffie...	1.00	£156.00
penguin : Additional 1GB RAM quarterly	Additional 1GB of RAM for a virtual mach...	1.00	£28.00
parrot : Sheffield VPS 1 quarterly	1GB RAM virtual server hosted in Sheffie...	1.00	£98.00
parrot : Additional 2GB RAM quarterly	Additional 2GB of RAM for a virtual mach...	1.00	£50.00

Should I change / add to the fields for your pricing context?

I don't know.