"Test WHS" Builder is back!

[Colin Finck]

Hi all,

Back in April, our server farm used for building had to leave its
hosting site (cf.
https://reactos.org/archives/public/ros-dev/2016-April/017775.html). A
single server was set up at the new site and I estimated to have our old
server farm back up by May or June.

Unfortunately, this still hasn't happened. Our server farm is still at
its old location and I cannot give a timeframe when it will finally be
shipped to the new location.

As we cannot wait forever for this to happen, I put up the old Windows
Home Server VM on our single new server and reintegrated it into
BuildBot ("Test WHS" builder).
Its performance won't match the former one for sure. Instead of 4GB of
RAM, it's currently at mere 1GB and it builds on HDD instead of
RAM-Disk. Nevertheless, it should be fully operational at least.

If this works out well, I'll see if I can also get our Win7 builder up
again. This would give us "Build GCCWin_x86", "Build MSVC_x64" and
"Build MSVC_x86".
I cannot resurrect the VMware and VBox testers right now though. This
will definitely need another machine. Will look after this in October.

Maybe we can also get a RAM upgrade for the existing machine to enable
building on RAM Disks again.

Cheers,

Colin

[Riccardo Paolo Bestetti]

Il 10/09/2016 16:48, Colin Finck ha scritto:
> Hi all,
>
> Back in April, our server farm used for building had to leave its
> hosting site (cf.
> https://reactos.org/archives/public/ros-dev/2016-April/017775.html). A
> single server was set up at the new site and I estimated to have our old
> server farm back up by May or June.
>
> Unfortunately, this still hasn't happened. Our server farm is still at
> its old location and I cannot give a timeframe when it will finally be
> shipped to the new location.
>
> As we cannot wait forever for this to happen, I put up the old Windows
> Home Server VM on our single new server and reintegrated it into
> BuildBot ("Test WHS" builder).
> Its performance won't match the former one for sure. Instead of 4GB of
> RAM, it's currently at mere 1GB and it builds on HDD instead of
> RAM-Disk. Nevertheless, it should be fully operational at least.
>
> If this works out well, I'll see if I can also get our Win7 builder up
> again. This would give us "Build GCCWin_x86", "Build MSVC_x64" and
> "Build MSVC_x86".
> I cannot resurrect the VMware and VBox testers right now though. This
> will definitely need another machine. Will look after this in October.
>
> Maybe we can also get a RAM upgrade for the existing machine to enable
> building on RAM Disks again.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Colin

What kind of memory modules does the machine use? I have spares around 
from machines I tore down that I'd be glad to donate to the project.

Regards,
--- /Riccardo Paolo Bestetti/

[Colin Finck]

Am 12.09.2016 um 10:06 schrieb Riccardo Paolo Bestetti:
> What kind of memory modules does the machine use? I have spares around
> from machines I tore down that I'd be glad to donate to the project.

The machine uses DDR2-667 FBDIMM (PC2-5300F) modules.
If you had this rare type of memory modules lying around, that would be
great!! Otherwise, the foundation will just buy some.

Cheers,

Colin

[Riccardo Paolo Bestetti]

Il 12/09/2016 11:04, Colin Finck ha scritto:
> The machine uses DDR2-667 FBDIMM (PC2-5300F) modules.

Ah, way too old & exotic I'm afraid. It was worth a try.

Regards,
--- /Riccardo Paolo Bestetti/

[Jared Smudde]

I found some 2 x2GB DDR2 667 CL5 ECC PC2-5300 ram sitting at my house. Would that be the right kind? It was from some old HP server.
Jared

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Subject: Re: [ros-dev] "Test WHS" Builder is back!

Il 12/09/2016 11:04, Colin Finck ha scritto:

The machine uses DDR2-667 FBDIMM (PC2-5300F) modules.

Ah, way too old & exotic I'm afraid. It was worth a try.

Regards,

---
      Riccardo Paolo Bestetti

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[Colin Finck]

Am 12.09.2016 um 15:36 schrieb Jared Smudde:
> I found some 2 x2GB DDR2 667 CL5 ECC PC2-5300 ram sitting at my house.
> Would that be the right kind? It was from some old HP server.

Nope, explicitly needs to be FB-DIMM (Fully Buffered)

- Colin

[Jared Smudde]

Well, it was worth a shot. ^^
Jared
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> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:40:19 +0200
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] "Test WHS" Builder is back!
>
> Am 12.09.2016 um 15:36 schrieb Jared Smudde:
> > I found some 2 x2GB DDR2 667 CL5 ECC PC2-5300 ram sitting at my house.
> > Would that be the right kind? It was from some old HP server.
>
> Nope, explicitly needs to be FB-DIMM (Fully Buffered)
> Colin
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