ARMory

The ARMory

The ARMory is the Fedora ARM build system hosted at Seneca. It consists of:

• x86_64 servers
• ARM builders of various types
• removable backup drives
• switches
• UPSes

x86_64 servers

All of the servers are running Fedora 15 x86_64.

HongKong / hub

HongKong operates the Koji hub and web applications. It is an Intel i7 quad-core system with 12G RAM and four 2TB SATA disks in a RAID-5 array. It has gigabit ethernet interfaces to the builder LAN and SeneNET.

Ireland / db

Ireland runs the PostgrSQL database. It is an Intel Core2 Quad (Q6600) system with 8G RAM, two 2TB SATA disks in RAID-1 for the operating system, and two 128G SATA SSDs in RAID-1 for the database. It has a gigabit ethernet connection to SeneNET.

Chile / mntkoji

Chile holds the build packages (/mnt/koji). It is an Intel i7 quad-core system with 12G RAM, two 2TB SATA disks in RAID-1 for the operating system, three 600GB SATA SSDs in RAID-0 for the packages, and a 2TB SATA disk with a mirror of the SSD array (RAID-1 writemostly/write-behind). It has gigabit ethernet interfaces to the builder LAN and SeneNET.

Australia / scratch

Australia provides scratch space for the builders (currently via NFS, but iSCSI/AoE/nbd may be used in the future). It is an Intel Core2 Quad system with 8GB RAM, a 1TB disk for the operating system, and four 2TB disks in a RAID-0 array for the scratch space.

ARM builders

The ARM builders are identified by hostname as location-type-group-'unit.

Each group contains five units. Each unit is an individual builder.

The location is cdot for all builders physically located in the ARMory at CDOT (Toronto).

Valid types are:

• panda
• guru
• smarttop
• beagleboardxm
• openrd
• sheeva

armv7hl builders will log in to the koji hub with the suffix "-v7hl"

Examples:

• cdot-guru-1-1
• cdot-smarttop-8-5
• cdot-panda-12-2 (logging in to koji as cdot-panda-12-2-v7hl)

PandaBoards

30 PandaBoards (dual-core, 1GB RAM, A1 and A2 board revisions) - groups 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12.

GuruPlugs

20 GuruPlugs (single-core, 512M RAM, some with and some without fans) - groups 1, 2, 3, 4. GuruPlugs without fans cannot be safely connected to gigabit ethernet due to thermal issues.

Genesi Efika Smarttops

9 Genesi Efika Smarttops (single-core, 512M RAM) - groups 8, 9.

Miscellaneous Machines

An OpenRD, SheevaPlug, Beagleboard xM, and additional GuruPlugs - group 0.

Backup

The ARMory is backed up via rsync to other CDOT systems, and via removable 2.5" terabyte disk packs. Backups take place at night via cron.

Switches

The builders are on a private LAN connected via three 24-port unmanaged gigabit switches and one 16-port fast ethernet (100 Mbps - for the fanless GuruPlugs).

The x86_64 servers are connected to the campus Cisco switch and are externally accessible.

UPSes

The ARMory is on 3 APC UPSes, balanced for a runtime of at least 10 minutes. The UPSes are further protected by a building surge suppression system.

Physical Location, Environmental Controls

The x86_64 and builder systems are housed on wire shelving units within CDOT. Wire shelves were chosen over traditional rackmount units due to the odd form factor of many of the builders, the need to run a lot of cables, and convection cooling requirements.

The ARM farm does not have any special cooling. Temperatures have been monitored and remain in the 20-28C range.

Builder Configuration

The builders are running a fairly standard Fedora image, with an additional init script named "koji-config". This script sets up the koji login name, certificate, and so forth based on the hostname; on the Pandas, the hostname is manually set (because the mock address changes each time the interface is brought up), while on other machines, the hostname is retrieved by DHCP from HongKong.