Title: beastie is up again
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 05:41:29 +0000
Categoy: Misc
# beastie is finally up
`beastie` is a new accessible host inside sdf clusters
which uses OpenBSD as the OS and same `$HOME`
directory as other sdf's hosts.
While `beastie` is great, frequent fsync errors may
occur randomly because there are chances that NFS
mount shared between sdf clusters is being
non-responsive. The last of this error causes several
days `downtime` on `beastie` host.
The last time I encountered the problem on `beastie` is
several days ago. During the downtime period, users
are unable to establish new ssh sessions to `beastie`
for several days.
# One host is down, but the cluster is accessible
Fortunately, sdf has several hosts that can be used to
log in. The available hosts can be accessed via
`tty.sdf.org` and each provides access to the same
`$HOME`, so one's inability to access `beastie` host
is actually no problem at all.
# As of today
`beastie` is up and running. I am impressed with
lightweight memory use of `beastie`, several days
uptime with very minimal memory usage. Probably
`beastie` doesn't run as many service as other
`tty` hosts.
So as my preferred host on sdf is up, I can get back
enjoying `sdf.org` as `$HOME`, far away from home.
If you are fellow `sdf` user, give `beastie` a try by
logging in to `beastie.sdf.org`. Remember to set up
`~/.ssh/authorized_keys` beforehand to make logging in
easier.
# One useful tip: be patient
It seems that one needs some *patience* when one of
the host on the cluster is not accessible.
Well, done. Long life `sdf.org` as the oldest public
access system.
