Teams with Servers

[ablatner]

We don't have a server, but we're also trying to figure out version control for CAD and are interested in Vault. The problem is that Vault doesn't seem to be provided free to teams like the other software. I'd really like to hear from someone that managed to get Vault up and running.

[sanddrag]

Well, I've looked into this a lot more and have decided to run FreeNAS in ZFS2 across 4 drives. I got a slightly older dual-processor 2U server with 8 gigs of RAM and 4 SATA bays. Unfortunately, the server was "drop shipped", so I'm waiting on a replacement.

I'm still interested in hearing from anyone running Vault or anything else for that matter.

I think ultimately I'd run several servers. A FreeNAS server, a Windows Server (for Vault), and a linux server for SVN and such things. The last two could be virtualized perhaps.

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by ablatner

We don't have a server, but we're also trying to figure out version control for CAD and are interested in Vault. The problem is that Vault doesn't seem to be provided free to teams like the other software. I'd really like to hear from someone that managed to get Vault up and running.

Second this. Both Inventor and Solidworks seem to be seriously lacking in support for version control software. What are teams using in terms of version control with either program?

At champs, I only talked to one team (it was either Bomb Squad or Daisy) that managed to use Vault, and I believe they obtained it through their sponsors. Any teams with Vault care to share how they got it? I've contacted some people at Autodesk with little success, in the hopes of getting Vault Server.

[Tom Line]

We've got a NAS. It's a simple dual - 1.5 terabyte NAS that is Raid 1 (mirroring).

The drive is mapped to all the computers in the room, and we have a script that anyone on-site can use to map to it by double clicking.

The NAS is a linksys NAS200. It's a little long in the tooth now, the 100 mbit rather than gigabit connection slows it down pretty badly, and the transfer speed is actually quite a bit below the 100 mbit max.

It has saved us though when someone nuked one of the hard drives. Raid 1 is worth it!

We keep it organized by year and functional group, but that's it.

We don't allow off-site access. It's never really hurt us.

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

We've got a NAS. It's a simple dual - 1.5 terabyte NAS that is Raid 1 (mirroring).

The drive is mapped to all the computers in the room, and we have a script that anyone on-site can use to map to it by double clicking.

The NAS is a linksys NAS200. It's a little long in the tooth now, the 100 mbit rather than gigabit connection slows it down pretty badly, and the transfer speed is actually quite a bit below the 100 mbit max.

It has saved us though when someone nuked one of the hard drives. Raid 1 is worth it!

We keep it organized by year and functional group, but that's it.

We don't allow off-site access. It's never really hurt us.

I run that setup at home and have been happy with it.