Hardware

Shimmer

Shell and VPS server, emphasis on uptime. Dual-Core, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD. ONLINE

Starlight

Shell and VPS server, emphasis on uptime, durability, and performance. Octo-Core dual Xeon X5355, 48GB ECC RAM, 20TB RAID6, 5TB RAID0, 900MB/s 1000 IOPS peak estimated throughput. Awaiting delivery.

Available Resources

WIP = Work In Progress

Shell Servers

• Shimmer
• Starlight

Network Attached Storage

VM Server

• Shimmer
• Starlight

Collocation

Besides HacDC servers maintained semi-officially, members can host their own servers, within reason and assistance from the HacDC admin team. Mostly, we ask that collocated servers be efficient, on an as-needed basis, and out of the way.

Acceptable Use Policies

Applicable to all use of HacDC communal computing resources.

Commercialization

• Resale of HacDC services is subject to approval at a duly held member meeting
• Incidental use of HacDC services for commercial purposes is acceptable when it complies with all relevant HacDC policies.
• It is requested than any commercial users 'give back' fairly (upwards 5% of returns).

Prohibited Activities

Server/network/web administrators may take corrective action to address violations of policy. The following actions are never acceptable.

• Actions contrary to HacDC's 501(c)3 mission.
• Violations of applicable laws (international, federal, state, or local).
• Actions prohibited by HacDC policy.
• Any form of spam, or activity which causes spam filters to reject mail from *.hacdc.org or any other HacDC related domain.
• Heavy network use, reducing QoS for neighbouring tenants.
• Uncoordinated excess resource usage adversely affecting other users.
• Failure to comply with password policies.

The following are grounds for immediate, complete, and permanent loss of all access:

• Actions which jeopardize the resources or safety of the staff, members, guests, tenants of HacDC or St. Stephen's Church.
• Failure to comply with previous sanctions.
• Compromised accounts.