Hardware Composition

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775
• 8GB Crucibal Ballistix High Performance Memory
• 2 x 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive(ST315005N1A1AS-RK
• Intel DP35DP System Board

Software ~ Core

• 64 bit Linux(Ubuntu 9.04 Server)
• MySQL 5.1.31 GA
• Sun VirtualBox 2.2.4r47978

Guest Operating Systems

• Windows 7 RC1
• 32 bit Linux(Ubuntu 9.04)

SMB Shares

• shu-backup => /backup-storage/shu
• NAS => /grande/NAS
• scratch => /scratch
• ISO => /grande/iso

Storage Layout

• /boot => /dev/sdb1
• / => /dev/sdb6
• swap => /dev/sdb5
• /backup-storage => /dev/sda1
• /grande => /dev/mapper/LVMgrande-LVgrande(/dev/sda2, /dev/sdb3)

Helpful Commands

tar -pczf /scratch/mysqlInstances.tar.gz /grande/mysqlInstances
Backs up all mysql databases to a tar.gz file while preserving permissions.