Cloud Computing

Setting up the Could
Infrastructure from scratch ..

Stony Brook University

11-Feb-2010

Guided By : Prof. Radu Sion

Setup By:
Kalpit Sarda             Aman Jain
Tanuj Khurana    Manoj Harpalani
Hardware components

1. Server Rack
2. LCD Display
3. Keyboard & Mouse
4. UPS - Powered by 240 V 20A mains.
5. Dell PowerEdge 2950 x 3 Servers
6. Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM) Switch
7. Cooling Fan
8. Networking Switch & Internet Router
9. Power & Networking Cables
Dell PowerEdge 2950

 Detailed Server Specifications:

 64 Bit Quad Core - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5460 @3.16GHZ

 System Memory Speed  667 MHz
 8GB DDR2 RAM 
 Bus Speed 1333MHz
 Video Memory 16MB
 SATA Hard Drives - 450 GB x 6 (2.5 TB Approx) 

3
In all we have a stack of such servers powering up 
our Stony Brook Cloud!!
As most of us wont be able to
see the rack in "Action" once it
goes into the server room here
is a Video :)
Action Items:
1. Currently the two power cables are connected through UPS, but
it is recommended to connect one of them to main power supply
and the other to UPS.
2. Brian recommended that we don't need to install the cooling fan
as it would go into the server room which has enough cooling.
For now we have installed it, we shall remove it if not needed.
3. Good news - Dell PowerEdge 2950 has built in support
for Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), we can
use this technology to remotely monitor the health status and
even Warm Reboot the servers. We would explore this soon ..
4. The Linux installation team has begun with the setup.
Thank you !!

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