Greetings programs,
On behalf of the Systems Committee I am pleased to bring you several
updates regarding new servers and services.
New Servers
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We are announcing the general availability of the following servers:
neotame.csclub is a server with special configuration to act as a host
for IRC clients. If you had an IRC session on taurine before taurine
caught fire, we encourage you to use neotame for it now. neotame also
listens on numerous low and high ports for your SSH convenience. For
complete information, please check the machine list on the CSC Wiki.
carbonated-water.csclub is a 48-core general-purpose server with 128GB
of RAM.
sorbitol.csclub is a 40-core general-purpose server with 64GB of RAM.
mannitol.csclub is a 40-core general-purpose server with 64GB of RAM.
We would like to thank the Math Endowment Fund for graciously funding
several of these servers, and the Computer Science Computing Facility
for providing hardware for one of these servers as well as two other new
servers which have replaced several of our older internal services
machines.
Upgrades to Cloud Services
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Due to a series of poorly-timed hardware failures, our private cloud
services have been degraded for a while. We would like to conduct an
upgrade to the cloud servers that will involve a complete reinstall of
several critical components and services. As such, current users of the
CSC Beta Cloud are asked to migrate any services on cloud instances out
of these VMs before Friday, November 8th. At this time the upgrade is
scheduled to begin and after this date your instances will be
unavailable. We expect to announce the availability of the upgraded
cloud services in Winter 2020.
We hope you enjoy these new servers and as always, if you encounter any
issues please contact the Systems Committee (syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca)
for support.
mtrberzi
CSC Systems Administrator
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Greetings CSC members,
Are your interested in becoming an Office Staff for the CSC? Do you want
to help us to make our office open as much as possible and recruiting
new members?
If you are interested in joining, please send an email to me personally
(z577zhan AT csclub DOT uwaterloo DOT ca) and include your CSC username,
program and year of study. I will follow up with you in a few days to
schedule an Office Staff training on campus.
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Archer Zhang
CSC Office Manager
Greetings CSC members,
Are you curious about what makes the CSC's infrastructure tick? Do you
want to gain experience in Linux server operations and administration?
Would you like to help improve the experience of CSC users and test out
new technologies?
The Systems Committee (syscom) is looking for new members to help
administer and upgrade the CSC's fleet of servers and office terminals.
This is a volunteer position with no fixed commitment of hours and no
regular meetings. Members of syscom are responsible for the day-to-day
management and maintenance of the CSC's server infrastructure and office
terminals, and are supervised by the systems administrator. Typical
syscom work includes installing and upgrading software packages on
servers and workstations, diagnosing and fixing issues with servers, and
responding to questions from CSC members about using our computer
systems.
Experience with the Linux command line is great; experience with
installing Linux yourself or working with Linux servers is a big asset;
but even if you don't have any experience in these areas but are
interested in learning about how it's done, I encourage you to apply!
If you are interested in joining, please send an email to me personally
(mtrberzi AT csclub DOT uwaterloo DOT ca) and include your CSC username,
program and year of study, and any relevant experience you might have
with Linux or Linux server administration. I will follow up with you in
a few days to schedule an introductory meeting on campus (if you are not
on campus this term or cannot attend, we can make other arrangements).
Please note that you are not making any commitment to the Systems
Committee by expressing your interest; you're under no obligation to
join in the future if you decide that it's not right for you.
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Murphy Berzish
CSC Systems Administrator
