Snares

Snares is a server residing in the CSL Machine Room that is currently being configured to provide storage services from the Apocalypse storage array.

Technical Specifications

Server Type	HP Proliant DL385 G2
CPU	2x AMD Opteron 2218 Dual-Core @ 2.6GHz
RAM	16GB
Hard Disks	4x 146GB 2.5in 10K SAS, RAID 5
OS	Gentoo Linux
Firmware	A09
iLO Firmware	2.01
Purchase Date	November 2006

History

snares, also known as top, franklin, and xray at various points in the past, was originally not given a name. Previously, when this server was called franklin, it was the mail server for the lab and was named after Benjamin Frankin, the first U.S. Postmaster General. However, mail was moved to a virtual machine of the same name. Consequently, when this server was re-purposed as a Sun Ray server for the APCS lab, it was renamed xray.

Finally the server acquired the name snares, after the Snares Penguin, and served as a part of the VM cluster running first Xen and then KVM.