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* New general-use server
These are current on-going CSC projects:
** The current workhorse (high-fructose-corn-syrup) is almost 11 years old now. Time to upgrade it
* [[Enhancement Project]]
** We have heard a lot of requests for GPUs. If we're doing it, we will need new servers to put into (the current one only have PCIe2.0, and the power supply is not powerful enough)
* [[Library Project]]

* [[Talk Archive]]
* Getting the backup mirror running
* [[Alumni Project]]
** This will be very useful when we want to do maintenance on the main mirror server
* [[Space Project]]
** (Update on 2023-01-25) CSCF used to have a mirror but it's no longer there. They might bring it back after May
* [[Electronics]] (various HW projects)

* Setting up virtual mail-boxes and virtual aliases for clubs.
* Password manager server for MathSoc
* Getting an [[IPv6]] subnet
** Meant for non-critical passwords. We are not manned and funded enough for more professional, large scale deployments
* Club CMSs, etc...
** Use [https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden vaultwarden]?
* Setup mailing list for webmasters of clubs we host so they can receive service related announcements from us

* Setup a reliable programming contest framework
* General Office renovations
* Common club auth
** Students now prefer to take their own laptops. Find some docks that can provide display output and wired network with one single USB4/Thunderbolt3 wire
* Advertising procedures manual
** Our monitors are too old and are small and washed out. Grab some newer ones
* [[QoS]] for mirroring
** We now have 2 Intel Mac Minis. Set them up. One of them can be used as a macOS workstation for potential iOS/macOS development works
* Setup inode quota

* [[Server serial port connections]]
* Main mirror server renovations
* Fix nscd cache times
** Metric improvements. See [https://github.com/martin-helmich/prometheus-nginxlog-exporter prometheus-nginxlog-exporter]. Add response time metrics to reflect user experience on mirror
** Purchase and install a SSD for caching. They should already been purchased. When will they arrive?


Projects that require CSCF assistance:
* Get disk:/users mounted on CSCF's linux frontend and cpu servers
* Thin client chooser entry
* OSPF/[[QoS]] progress


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Latest revision as of 11:16, 25 January 2023

  • New general-use server
    • The current workhorse (high-fructose-corn-syrup) is almost 11 years old now. Time to upgrade it
    • We have heard a lot of requests for GPUs. If we're doing it, we will need new servers to put into (the current one only have PCIe2.0, and the power supply is not powerful enough)
  • Getting the backup mirror running
    • This will be very useful when we want to do maintenance on the main mirror server
    • (Update on 2023-01-25) CSCF used to have a mirror but it's no longer there. They might bring it back after May
  • Password manager server for MathSoc
    • Meant for non-critical passwords. We are not manned and funded enough for more professional, large scale deployments
    • Use vaultwarden?
  • General Office renovations
    • Students now prefer to take their own laptops. Find some docks that can provide display output and wired network with one single USB4/Thunderbolt3 wire
    • Our monitors are too old and are small and washed out. Grab some newer ones
    • We now have 2 Intel Mac Minis. Set them up. One of them can be used as a macOS workstation for potential iOS/macOS development works
  • Main mirror server renovations
    • Metric improvements. See prometheus-nginxlog-exporter. Add response time metrics to reflect user experience on mirror
    • Purchase and install a SSD for caching. They should already been purchased. When will they arrive?
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