Humboldt
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Attention: This device is no longer in use by the TJ Computer Systems Lab. This item has been decommissioned by the TJHSST Student Systems Administrators and has been removed from the CSL.
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Humboldt was a server that was used as a host for virtual machines using the OpenVZ virtualization technology.
Technical Specifications
| Server Type | Tyan Computer |
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| Number of CPUs | 2 |
| CPU type | 933MHz Pentium III (Coppermine) |
| RAM | 2GiB |
| Hard Disks | 40.0 GB in RAID-1 |
| OS | Debian GNU/Linux Testing |
Notes
- Unless a keyboard is plugged in, humboldt will hang at the BIOS when starting up or rebooting. Unless you know there is a keyboard plugged in, please do not reboot humboldt.
- In the event of a power outage, humboldt will automatically come back online, starting all of the virtual machines per the configuration in /etc/vz/conf. If you need a virtual machine to boot on machine startup, remember to use vzctl with the --onboot switch (and the --save switch to save the setting).
- The power supply for humboldt is located near the front of the case. The power cord goes through the inside of the box and out the back.
- Even though humboldt has space for three hot-swappable hard drives (theoretically four, but we don't have an enclosure for a hard drive and the spot is taken by a floppy), the hard drives are NOT hot-swappable. At the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, humboldt's scsi died, so the hard drives are now connected using IDE.
- Humboldt's BIOS is EXTREMELY slow, even with quickboot enabled, so please do not play around with it unless you have a lot of time on your hands.