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===== Computers ===== | ===== Computers ===== | ||
- | Provided by NZ (who?) | + | Provided by NZ Dell, payed by NZ, finall payment due to Spanish side |
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- | * 3 rackable units (1 telescope + dome, 1 all sky, 1 spare) | + | |
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- | //I remember we were speaking about// | + | |
- | - // | + | |
- | - //AllSky camera PC in the dome, not specified whether the archive will be local or remote. (rackable)// | + | |
- | - //An archive PC located away from the dome. With lots of HDDs in a nice RAID. (no rackable? | + | |
- | //my idea of the archive workplace would be rather like an ordinary PC table with an ordinary | + | |
- | monitor & keyboard etc. More like a primary RTS2 console for the whole system.// | + | |
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- | // | + | |
- | backup PC is a wonderful diplay of a waste. If anything fails, a local hardware store will fix it. | + | |
- | It's our responsability | + | |
- | Buying a spare HW - motherboards/ | + | |
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- | * quad CPU | + | |
- | * 2 deep (80cm) rack 12-16 U height | + | |
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- | //Two racks mean two times the problems, two times the cabling, two times everything. | + | |
- | I do not agree unless it is clear that it cannot be done in a single rack.// | + | |
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- | * as big HDD as you can buy (1TB for each?) in units (=RAID) and in box, so we will be able to quickly replace failed hardrives | + | |
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- | //I agree, in case of the archive PC. The PCs in the dome may, most likely, live with a single | + | |
- | or a mirrored 200-500GB HDD for the system. Nothing extremely expensive. | + | |
- | I would keep the hotswap option though.// | + | |
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- | * lot of SATA connectors, USB connectors | + | |
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- | * one PCI-X or PCI slot for Andor control board (do not forget) | + | |
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- | * at least one serial connector (Davis Meteo station), so far I did not know about any other | + | |
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- | * 1Gb (the fastest you can get) network card | + | |
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- | //and an appropriate high-speed switch !!// | + | |
+ | * 2 rackable units (1 telescope + dome, 1 all sky) | ||
+ | * 2 x 1 TB HDD | ||
+ | * Quatro core Intel CPU | ||
+ | * 4 GB of RAM | ||
+ | * PCI extension board | ||
+ | * about 2k EUR per unit | ||
+ | * 2 deep (80cm) rack DELL 24U unit (shall fit inside) | ||
* 1 UPS | * 1 UPS | ||
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- | //rather two - for the dome and for the building, remember the two systems should be galvanically separated.// | ||
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* Linux Debian-based distribution (preference will most probably shift towards Ubuntu) No purchase needed | * Linux Debian-based distribution (preference will most probably shift towards Ubuntu) No purchase needed | ||
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===== Computer setup ===== | ===== Computer setup ===== | ||
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* First astrometry | * First astrometry | ||
* Pointing model | * Pointing model | ||
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+ | ====== Contacts ====== | ||
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+ | Vintage Lane Observatory | ||
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+ | long 173 50 21 E, lat -41 29 36 S | ||
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+ | Rosemary and Bill Allen, 83 Vintage Lane, RD 3, Blenheim. | ||
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+ | phone 03 572 9275 | ||
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====== Travelling ====== | ====== Travelling ====== | ||
- | Petr: 7th Feb -> 8th Feb on site | + | **Petr** (+34 661 107 995, +420 737 500 268) |
- | 9th Feb start working | + | |
- | 5th Mar leaving | + | 8th Feb -> 10th Feb Sydney |
+ | * // Paris Gare Nord 09:43 London St. Pancras 11:19 Eurostar 9019 // | ||
+ | * // London 22:05 Singapore 18:45 SQ 321 // | ||
+ | * // Singapore 21:10 Brisbane 06:50 (10th) SQ 235 // | ||
+ | * // Brisbane 11:00 Sydney 13:30 DJ 272 // | ||
+ | 12th Feb -> 13th Feb Christchurch | ||
+ | * // Sydney 19:45 Christchurch 00:50 DJ 74 // | ||
+ | * // driving to Blenheim | ||
+ | 4th Mar Brisbane | ||
+ | * Christchurch 16:00 Brisbane 16:50 DJ 83 | ||
+ | 7th Mar -> 8th Mar Brisbane London | ||
+ | * Brisbane 14:45 Sinagpore 20:30 SQ 236 | ||
+ | * Singapore 23:45 Brisbane 05:45 SQ 322 | ||
+ | 13th Feb start working, 4th Mar leaving | ||
- | Florentino: | + | Florentino: |
+ | 8th Feb -> 10th Feb Blenheim | ||
+ | * // Madrid 17:30 London 19:00 // | ||
+ | * // London 21:45 Sydney 6:25 10th February // | ||
+ | * // Sydney 7:25 Auckland 12:35 // | ||
+ | * // Auckland 14:40 Blenheim 16:00 // | ||
- | Antonio: 15th Feb arrival, leaving 5th Mar | + | Antonio: |
- | Astelco: | + | Astelco: |
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