This is a list of new things we want to buy with our IMSS budget.

Contents 1 Replace Apollo 2 New webserver 3 Mortals 3.1 Use existing machines 3.2 Buy new machines 4 Switch 4.1 Desired Features 4.2 Cisco 2950 4.3 Dell PowerConnect 5448 4.4 Used Cisco 2948 4.5 New Cisco 2960

Replace Apollo

• Apollo is currently on an old machine, and is slow-ish and replacement parts are impossible to get.
• We could replace it with a lower-end fileserver (it wouldn't handle as much as athena but would handle some stuff and lots of redundancy stuff

New webserver

• We could get a new machine to be a second webserver (and set up redundancy/failover for web hosting)
• Or we could use existing Einux machine we have

Mortals

Our current mortals cluster, well, sucks.

Use existing machines

• We recently got a few dual opteron machines from GPS. They are a huge improvement over our current setup.

Buy new machines

• We can get an intel core quad machine for $400 (doesn't include a case)

Switch

We need a new switch badly. We are running out of network ports and don't have very many gige ports.

Desired Features

• Gigabit support (a must)
• 24 or 48 ports
• VMPS / Cisco support to interact with our other switches
• MAC based vlan assignment
• Cheap

Cisco 2950

• 24-port 10/100 switch
• Talks with our current cisco equipment
• $200

Dell PowerConnect 5448

• 48-port gige switch
• Supports port-based vlan assignment
• <$1500

Used Cisco 2948

• http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=Cisco+Catalyst+2948G-GE-TX&hl=en&cid=1560391039938372222&sa=title#p
• 48-port gige switch
• Supports all cisco VMPS, etc
• ~$2000

New Cisco 2960

• http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833120020
• 24-port gige switch
• Supports all cisco stuff
• $2000