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== Development Hardware ==
== Development Hardware ==
This article aims to detail all of the known WorldsAway development servers and workstations. This list may be incomplete, so if you have any information regarding these, please get in touch.
This article aims to detail all of the known WorldsAway development servers and workstations. This list may be incomplete, so if you have any information regarding these, please get in [mailto:stuart@renoproject.org touch].


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WorldsAway Development Hardware
WorldsAway Development Hardware
!Server Name
!Machine Name
!Server Purpose
!Machine Type
!Machine Purpose
!Notes
!Notes
!Image
|-
|altair
|
|
|This may have been the workstation of Jean-Luc Vaillant
|-
|-
|akasha
|akasha
|
|This seems to have been a staging area for new
|This seems to have been a staging area for new
client and server builds of the WorldsAway
client and server builds of the WorldsAway


software.
software.
|John Onusko's workstation.
|-
|a-tuin
|
|
|The main production server that hosted the dreamscape,
hallway/hotel and pride.
|
|
|-
|-
|a-tuin
|eridu
|
|
|
|
|
|Possibly Chris Parry/laotzu's workstation.
|-
|-
|excelsior
|excelsior
|
|Not sure if this was for WorldsAway,
|Not sure if this was for WorldsAway,
or an internal Fujitsu Software Corporation
or an internal Fujitsu Software Corporation


server.
server.
|
|
|
|-
|-
|ishtar
|goblin
|Potentially a mail server.
|
|
|A pager email gateway.
|
|
|-
|-
|goblin
|golf
|Sun SPARCStation
|
|
|Doug Marshall's workstation. Used for developing the "IVAN" world
management tool. "IVAN" stands for "Interverse Admin Network".
|-
|ishtar
|Sun SPARCcenter 2000
|email, home directories, file storage, etc
|Put into production usage on 30th July 1996.
|-
|ivanova
|Sun SPARCStation 20
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
|kirk
|kirk
|A server used by the QA team for testing. It may have
|
potentially been the world server for the Hallway world.
|A server used by the QA team for testing.
|Usually used for QA testing, it was also used as a backup machine
|Usually used for QA testing, it was also used as a backup machine
if a-tuin was down for more than three hours. This was a red-line
if a-tuin was down for more than three hours. This was a red-line


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a-tuin, not for 'routine' machine lock-ups.
a-tuin, not for 'routine' machine lock-ups.
|-
|kosh
|Sun SPARCStation 20
|
|
|Possibly David Petersons workstation.
|-
|-
|kosh
|loki
|Possibly David Petersons workstation
|
|
|Replaced by ishtar in July 1996 to perform tasks such
as nameservice, mail transport, backups, network management etc.
|-
|morpheus
|
|A world building machine that went into production in mid 1997.
|
|-
|mundo
|
|
|
|-
|mugwump
|
|
|
|
|Possibly David Eves workstation.
|-
|-
|vishnu
|snoopy
|
|
|
|
|-
|tao
|
|
|
|
|Possibly Norman Morses's workstation.
|-
|-
|loki
|terra
|
|
|
|
|-
|vishnu
|
|
|A production server that later became a billing server
in mid 1997.
|
|
|}
|}
=== akasha ===
[[File:Akasha.png|thumb|John Onusko's workstation, named "akasha"]]
Akasha was John Onusko's workstation. John was the person who wrote a lot of the server side code for WorldsAway. Akasha was also used to host different client and server builds, as well as some server backups in the earlier days. This will be expanded upon in a future article update.
==== Configuration ====
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==== Purpose ====
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=== a-tuin ===
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==== Configuration ====
* 4 processors and room for further expansion (as of October 1996)
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==== Purpose ====
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=== Kirk ===
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==== Configuration ====
* 2 processors which was the max capacity of the system (as of October 1996)
* 32GB RAID configuration
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==== Purpose ====
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In January 1997, there were three QA WorldsAway servers in place on Kirk.
* test - For QA test automation and performance analysis only - port 10060
* qaone - For QA (QA only) - port 10070
* qatwo - For development and production scripting - port 10080
=== Kosh ===
==== Configuration ====
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 20 November 2023

Development Hardware

This article aims to detail all of the known WorldsAway development servers and workstations. This list may be incomplete, so if you have any information regarding these, please get in touch.

WorldsAway Development Hardware
Machine Name Machine Type Machine Purpose Notes
altair This may have been the workstation of Jean-Luc Vaillant
akasha This seems to have been a staging area for new

client and server builds of the WorldsAway

software.

John Onusko's workstation.
a-tuin The main production server that hosted the dreamscape,

hallway/hotel and pride.

eridu Possibly Chris Parry/laotzu's workstation.
excelsior Not sure if this was for WorldsAway,

or an internal Fujitsu Software Corporation

server.

goblin A pager email gateway.
golf Sun SPARCStation Doug Marshall's workstation. Used for developing the "IVAN" world

management tool. "IVAN" stands for "Interverse Admin Network".

ishtar Sun SPARCcenter 2000 email, home directories, file storage, etc Put into production usage on 30th July 1996.
ivanova Sun SPARCStation 20
kirk A server used by the QA team for testing. Usually used for QA testing, it was also used as a backup machine

if a-tuin was down for more than three hours. This was a red-line

option to be considered in case of catastrophic hardware failure on

a-tuin, not for 'routine' machine lock-ups.

kosh Sun SPARCStation 20 Possibly David Petersons workstation.
loki Replaced by ishtar in July 1996 to perform tasks such

as nameservice, mail transport, backups, network management etc.

morpheus A world building machine that went into production in mid 1997.
mundo
mugwump Possibly David Eves workstation.
snoopy
tao Possibly Norman Morses's workstation.
terra
vishnu A production server that later became a billing server

in mid 1997.

akasha

John Onusko's workstation, named "akasha"

Akasha was John Onusko's workstation. John was the person who wrote a lot of the server side code for WorldsAway. Akasha was also used to host different client and server builds, as well as some server backups in the earlier days. This will be expanded upon in a future article update.


Configuration

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Purpose

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a-tuin

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Configuration

  • 4 processors and room for further expansion (as of October 1996)

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Purpose

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Kirk

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Configuration

  • 2 processors which was the max capacity of the system (as of October 1996)
  • 32GB RAID configuration

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Purpose

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In January 1997, there were three QA WorldsAway servers in place on Kirk.

  • test - For QA test automation and performance analysis only - port 10060
  • qaone - For QA (QA only) - port 10070
  • qatwo - For development and production scripting - port 10080

Kosh

Configuration

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Purpose

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