#arpnetworks 2011-05-02,Mon

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RandalSchwartzweird - getting some net breakage not to here, but to other sites
traceroute from laptop to delta.com stops at gblx.net for example
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pilgrimd--glbx.
been giving me hell all week at a couple of sites
(i.e., my connectivity output through them has sucked)
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wwup_the_irons: you work for arp, right and aren't just one of the clueful customers that hangs out in the channel? [11:12]
RandalSchwartzit's true
he practically *is* arp. :)
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wwup_the_irons: haaalp [11:13]
finkRandalSchwartz: did you get an arp tshirt yet? [11:13]
RandalSchwartzsomething we clueful people can help with?
fink - I don't think so
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finkRandalSchwartz: me neither :( [11:13]
RandalSchwartzhaven't seen any recent packages [11:13]
wwunfortunately not. [11:13]
RandalSchwartzww - then send email to support@
it'll get done as fast as it can get done then. :)
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wwmachine has become unstable, probably because of zfs and insufficient ram (and i recently added some things that eat an extra 400Nb of ram)
so need a ram upgrade... erm urgently...
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RandalSchwartzthen you should probably back that out until you get more ram [11:14]
wwi sent an email... [11:15]
RandalSchwartz"urgent add of ram" is not a service provided here
"adding ram in a day or two" is more likely
you could temporarily add more swap space
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RandalSchwartzthat'd at least give you the option of pushing stuff out to disk that's less active. [11:17]
wwbacking out would be hard, in this case... spinning up another host elsewhere more likely if it'll take a while, but i'd rather not [11:17]
RandalSchwartzpoor planning then. :( [11:18]
wwswap... well... 4s-backend (see 4store.org) gets very unhappy if it gets swapped (which happens now from time to time and is painful) [11:18]
finkdamn, 400Nb! [11:18]
wwRandalSchwartz: planning? well... [11:18]
RandalSchwartzNanobytes! [11:18]
finknebibyte? [11:18]
wwfink: 400Mb out of 1024 is... well... significant [11:18]
finkww: out of curiosity, what did you add?
i switched from apache to cherokee, and saved a shload of ram
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wwactually, added nothing substantial new in terms of software (some minor upgrades)
what i did add was a pile of data
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RandalSchwartz... Optimum price/performance can be got with clusters of machines with large amounts of RAM. 16+GB per node is typical currently.
you mean you didn't read that and go "heck, I need more ram">
that'd be my first clue
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wwRandalSchwartz: depends on the quantity of data, actually [11:20]
RandalSchwartzyeah - but anytime people say "this will need a lot of ram" what they mean is "I don't code very well" :) [11:20]
wwwith 16Gb of Ram you're talking ~100-150 million triples (rows, approximately)
i've only about 10 million
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RandalSchwartzso why can't you just get rid of your data for now
roll it back, and wait for ram?
you didn't go live without testing did you?
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wwbecause of a dog and pony show tomorrow [11:21]
finkhere we go… [11:21]
RandalSchwartzagain - poor planning. :( [11:21]
wwwhat me plan? [11:21]
fink;) [11:21]
RandalSchwartzremind me not to subcontract to you. :) [11:21]
finki DO have that tshirt [11:21]
ivan-kanis:D [11:21]
wwoh, not a paying customer dog and pony show
if it were a paying customer they would be paying for bigger hardware
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RandalSchwartzyou missed the point, but that's fine
everyone else here got it. :)
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wwanyways, re: planning... plenty of time to spin up a machine elsewhere if this can't be sorted quickly [11:26]
RandalSchwartzI don't know why you seem to think that answers or contradicts my claim [11:27]
finkww: what OS? [11:27]
wwbecause... there is no problem that can be attributed to inadequate planning?
fink freebsd 8.1
and i'm *assuming* that Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode
is caused by ZFS WARNING: Recommended minimum kmem_size is 512MB; expect unstable behavior.
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finkww: i run fbsd 8.1 with zfs on root on a 768 vps, but i tweaked the zfs settings a bit, and i doubt i have your load
what processes / data are you running?
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wwmisc small things - it's the laboratory host
and, the metadata aggregator
which i would point you to, if the machine wasn't thrashing around again at the moment
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finkww: ok, what's your largest process group, maybe we can think of ways to make it leaner? [11:34]
ww4s-backend
not much to be done really. it alone occupies half the ram.
and there's an obligatory 4s-httpd whose size depends on the complexity of queries
then there's nginx, and a harvesting daemon
most everything else has been turned off
ww just spins up a new machine...
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reardencodefink: mind sharing some of the tweaking you did to run ZFS on a 768VPS? I considered it but figured that it'd freak out due to lack of ARC space if I used ~650mb of that 768 for actual running processes [12:17]
wwww is interested in that as well [12:19]
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RandalSchwartz... http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide [12:39]
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wwfor interest's sake, the service in question http://semantic.ckan.net/ (pretty pictures here, http://semantic.ckan.net/record/2ab28263-a1fe-4839-9409-fa7ef03e123e and here http://semantic.ckan.net/group/?group=http://ckan.net/group/lld) is noww back up and running smoothly
unfortunately, elsewhere (rackspace)
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RandalSchwartzelastichosts is a lot more flexible than rackspace
at least in my observation
we're using elastichosts for BCP behind ARP
with elastichosts, if you want more ram, you slide a slider, and reboot. :)
it's *that* fast
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I'm building a 8.2 box on elastichosts right now [14:05]
wwyes, i'm familiar with them, but there's already an account, etc. set up with rs... [14:06]
toddfrandalschwartz: elastichosts.com/could-hosting/pricing clearly shows that their smallest server is 1gb mem .. if you do a 'subscription' for 1gb mem 40gb disk 400gb xfer (same as arp's $30/mo system) you'd pay $107.92/mo there. huge difference in my world.
though as BCP plans go, it surely is good to make them
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RandalSchwartzthat doesn't make sense [14:22]
toddfI also don't note IPv6 mentioned, perhaps you could answer if there is remote encrypted console access and/or serial console access [14:22]
RandalSchwartzI was dialing in some plans at $70/mo
so the minimum can't be 107.92
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toddfrandalschwartz: minimum isn't 107.92
its just that if you compare apples to apples their minimum mem is 1gb
finding the 1gb mem option at arpnetworks, I chose the values from arpnetworks and plugged it into their little slider pricing guide
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RandalSchwartz... https://sat-p.elastichosts.com/docs/pricing
yeah - it's a bit more expensive overall
nothing is as cheap as ARP :)
and yeah, no ipv6 yet
they say "just use a tunnel" :(
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toddf"let he.net deal with IPv6 till we get our heads out of the sand" [14:24]
RandalSchwartzindeed. anyone not dealing with ipv6 today has their heads firmly hidden :) [14:25]
toddfI've seen some 4U plans for 100mbit links unmetered if I provided the server. so after it approaches $100 for finite resources i tend to gloss over and out
"plans" => for $100
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up_the_ironstoddf: I'm ready for OpenBSD 4.9 BTW, so whenever you want to make those templates... [14:37]
toddfack [14:41]
RandalSchwartzahh - so you *can* use freebsd-update to go from 8.1 to 8.2 without recopying the boot blocks
unlike 8.0 to 8.1
for zfs-on-root
just verified this in a private vm
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up_the_ironsnice [14:57]
RandalSchwartzso that means I can upgrade my 4 VPS with minimal steps
everything at the # prompt :)
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dferrisdferris <3 the Dell iDrac 6 [15:56]
jpalmerup_the_irons: tell me how to make templates. I'll make you one for CentOS 5.6 (and 6.0 if they ever release it) and RHEL 5.6/6.0 [16:02]
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up_the_ironsjpalmer: can you do FreeBSD 8.2 as well? I can write-up the docs tonight [16:14]
jpalmerup_the_irons: I'd love to.
I can likely do FreeBSD this week. are you interested in centos/rhel?
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RandalSchwartzyeay freebsd :) [16:17]
jpalmerand, can I get away from the single / partition? like, the sysinstall defaults? :) [16:18]
reardencodejpalmer: I think that single partition on these relatively small VPSs is probably preferable? [16:22]
jpalmersingle partition is NEVER preferable.
(but, I'll do whatever garry wants)
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Gjpalmer: ummm strictly speaking, Red Hat likely wouldn't like the idea of a RHEL VM image if there is now VM/Cloud licensing
*no
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jpalmerG good point. they'd want licensing. so CentOS only [16:24]
Gthat said.... [16:24]
reardencodejpalmer: due to the different access patterns on the different POSIX dirs, or something else I'm not thinking of? [16:24]
GI guess you could label it as bring your own license, no updates otherwise [16:24]
jpalmerreardencode: filling up you / is a lot more dangerous than filling up most other mountpoints.
reardencode: but that aside, a small / is preferable, because all of the other paritions can be background fsck'd. / has to be done at boot. in the case of an unclean mount, a 20g / takes longer to fsck than a 512m /
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reardencodejpalmer: both valid points -- I guess you'd probably have to do at least two different templates, one for 5G vps and another for any other size, in order to leave even a reasonable amount of space for /usr on the 5G [16:28]
RandalSchwartza single ZFS partition is fine
because I can rehack it at will
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jpalmerpersonally, I'm ok with whatever garry wants for a template. I can always resize on my own. [16:31]
reardencodereally as ZFS matures, the many filesystem roots in a single pool of storage will win
RandalSchwartz: yep.
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RandalSchwartzso if you could also offer /-as-ZFS as a template, that'd be great [16:31]
jpalmerI doubt most people will want to run ZFS on a vps due to the limited RAM resources. [16:31]
RandalSchwartzand yet, I have four of them
and it's all working fine
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jpalmeralso, to this day, I've never messed with ZFS (I don't have a need for it) so, I don't think I'd be the right guy to build a ZFS-as-root template [16:32]
finkRandalSchwartz: guess we're not most people [16:32]
RandalSchwartzapparently
we don't run in jpalmer's circles :)
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jpalmerheh
my circles are small, I chase my own tail a lot.
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RandalSchwartzI chase tail a lot too.
oh - "my own" no
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reardencodeRandalSchwartz: how much RAM do you use for programs of your 768MiB with ZFS? [16:45]
RandalSchwartzI have to think which one of the boxes are like that.
probably mabel. lemme look
says 278MB free
that box is just email and DNS
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pilgrimdWhat do you have arc and kmem tuned to? [16:51]
RandalSchwartzthe recommedations on ZFSTuningGuide
arc = 40M
kmem = 330M
search for 768 in http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide
I'm using those
haven't had a problem in 10 months or so
even with a fair amount of spam
running postfix with postgrey and amavisd
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finkamavisd is such a memory hog!
i have two vpses with the same setup as RandalSchwartzDoppleGanger
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jajaup_the_irons here? [17:32]
RandalSchwartzjaja - why? [17:35]
jajaI dont see the payment on my CC, I want to know if there's a problm. [17:36]
finkjaja: it can take a couple days [17:38]
Gup_the_irons: second VPS requires the /29 subnet right? [17:38]
finkjaja: wait…payment or charge?
is this a soviet russia joke?
arp pays you?
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Gjaja: I don't think the billing cycle has happened yet [17:39]
jajacharge sorry
I am french my english isn't perfect, and I am abit tired tonight
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Gfink: payment is fine imo, because he's making a payment to arp [17:39]
RandalSchwartzyou won't get your service disabled until he calls you
nothing to worry about
so if there's a problem with payment, it won't matter until he gets around to turning it off :)
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Gjust wait for the thugs in the black suits to appear :) [17:40]
RandalSchwartzand the helicopters!
don't forget the helicopters!
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GRandalSchwartz: I thought he replaced the helicopters w/ drones [17:41]
finkwith the silent blades [17:41]
jajaI prefer fellow my billing, I am here since 6 month and generally charge is done 1th day of each month, sorry ! [17:41]
RandalSchwartzwhooop whooop whooop [17:41]
Gall of the sudden they dart out of nowhere and pin you to the nearest brick wall :) [17:41]
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jpalmer: OK, I'll write up the docs tonight. I don't have any templates for centos/rhel, so i can't give you a description of what is needed; you'd have to "figure it out" based on the Debian / Ubuntu template creation docs I have, and b/c the network is different, you might not want to go down that road [18:26]
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Gup_the_irons: jpalmer: if help is needed regarding CentOS let me know
that said, I'm running Ubuntu on my VPS atm :)
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jpalmerup_the_irons: nice. I'm setting up a pretty large bacula environment over the next 2-3 days. but, after that.. fbsd 8.2 template! [18:59]
up_the_ironsjpalmer: sweet! [19:00]
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Gup_the_irons: support ticket best for second VPS I take it right? [19:08]
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Gup_the_irons: actually, if I only needed IPv6 on my second VPS, would you be able to do that w/o a /29? [19:14]
up_the_ironsG: yes, i would in fact
G: and yeah, support ticket for 2nd vps
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Gup_the_irons: okay, sent [19:25]
up_the_ironsroger [19:25]
Gup_the_irons: I only need IPv4 very occassionally, so if I can just use a private IP, and route the occasional packet via VPN or over the private network, then it save the pool and everything
I noticed the other day that American IP's a worth more than Asian IPs
*are
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up_the_ironslol [19:27]
Gup_the_irons: APNIC have a crazy formula for working out the costs of IP address assignment,s but I did the math and yeah, for big assignments APNIC look cheaper, kinda crazy in a way I guess [19:28]
up_the_ironsi c [19:31]
RandalSchwartzso IP addresses do in fact have a real dollar value now?
interesting
of course, they're not marketable
since you can't reassign without the NICs getting involed
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GRandalSchwartz: well, there is the membership fees etc
RandalSchwartz: ARIN look to charge by the size of the assignment on a broadbasis, APNIC charge essentially on a per-ip basis
I actually had to remember how to do log's with the APNIC pricing
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