Hi everyone,
I'm wanting to roll another GEMPAK installation, as well as possibly
install AWIPS II once available. I have a few questions though before I
get started.
I have an extra low power quad core machine outfitted with 8GB of RAM
lying around (I'd just need to pop in a hard drive and boot up).
1. What would be the ideal version of Linux to throw on it? CentOS or
Scientific Linux? Which version number should I shoot for, and should I
go x86 or x64? It is a x64 capable processor.
2. I don't have a great monitor for this machine for Analysis purposes
(just a VGA cheapy from Walmart, my big $1k LED monitor isn't compatible
with the machine). After the initial installation, can I run the machine
headless and VNC to it over the network? Could I also install TeamViewer
on it and remote into it as well?
3. Could someone here assist me in getting data to work in GEMPAK so I
can get the most out of using it?
4. Once AWIPS II comes out, could I upgrade to AWIPS II in place OK over
8GB of RAM or do I need 16 on the data server? I have another machine
running Ubuntu (with 16GB of RAM on it), and if I could install the
client there and connect to the AWIPS II server running 8GB, I'd be OK.
Thanks!
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Nathan Parker
President/CEO
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