1) Determine if there is rack space, and where it is.

2) Worth doing Hyper-V? (Oliver guesses probably not.)

Selection and pricing

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Computer pricing considerations.

Plus:

$160 for a UPS (see below).

$150 for network cables, maybe a switch.

• Racks are ~$550, but generally bought by those with bigger systems and not "sold back" for recovery.

Support and Risk management considerations

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Proposed Download automatically. Install manually (by ChemIT or researcher?)

• If ChemIT to do the updates, determine monthly schedule and stick to it so predictable to researchers.
  • If ~4hour window of interruption, should be fine if date/ time known well in advance to researchers. For both systems.

Security

Network configured to prevent off-campus access, unless using VPN (10-space).

• No web, email, etc. access from the systems. (Not a "play" station!)

• Systems still able to get updates via the network.

Leave Symantec off, for increased performance.

• Researchers must practice safe computing practices, of course.

Robustness

1) 2 drives, mirrored, in each server. Via hard ware RAID (need? want?).

• IS redoing last run OK to do, if a single drive fails?

2) File versioning, local. Would need another drive (need? want?).

• Can get via saves to off-site file share, such as Petersen's SFS file share.
  • Size and quantity of data expected?

3) Back Real back ups . (need? want?)

• EZ-Backup: $5.50/ month, for first 18 GB, compressed.
• If all calculations are pulled off system right away, need for backups is much reduced.

UPS

~$160. Budget to replace every ~3 years or so.

GOAL: Protect for single-digit minutes.

• Both servers covered by one UPS.
  • Q: For how much time, versus one server per one UPS?
• Only one server can be governed by UPS status.
  • Invest in figuring out how to shut down second server elegantly, from UPS-governed server?

Access and permissions

Up to 2 Remote Desktop accounts at once, per server (plus console access).

• Above that, must add and invest server resources to run Terminal Services.

File manage by NetID directories?

Who all needs access, and to what?