Re: Location of PostgreSQL Performance Test Lab

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:44:21PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> >Josh Berkus wrote:
> >>JD,
>
> >How much of Command Prompt have access to the location? We've been
> >waiting for a number of weeks to get the new pgFoundry machine plugged
> >in and switched on because only JD had access to the DC and he was busy
> >preparing for OSCON.
> >
> >I don't object in principle, I'd just like some reassurance that we
> >won't see the perf machines lying idle or awaiting maintenance for the
> >same or similar reasons.
>
> Sure, but I have mentioned that this would be a bad time of year for the
> pgfoundry machine. Basically I had prep for oscon, oscon, and then I am
> teaching a class ;). This was the *worst* time of year to try and prep
> something new.
>
> But to answer the question, I have to provision the power and rack space
> but other than that we have immediate access to the location that does
> not require me.

Good - that makes it a much nicer option ;)

But to bug you a bit further - how many other people ware we talking about,
within reasonable distance? Or does the datacenter have on-call people
locally?

(I mean, it's not like we can call on Devrim to go there and plug something
in :-P)

//Magnus