[cfarm-users] Future of cfarm186/cfarm187/cfarm188 at OSUOSL

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 at 12:10, Baptiste Jonglez via cfarm-users
<cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As some of you may know, OSUOSL is moving to a new datacenter.
>
> All "exotic" hosts (POWER etc) will be moved, it should be transparent
> except for a bit of downtime.
>
> However, the three x86 machines (cfarm186, 187, 188) are getting quite
> old, so OSUOSL is looking at replacing them with newer hardware.  We
> probably won't be able to keep as many machines.
>
> Here are two possible options to start the discussion:
>
> - option 1: one much bigger machine, bare metal.  Which (single) OS makes the most sense?
>
> - option 2: several virtual machines.  Which (multiple) OS would be useful?

Would a DragonFly BSD VM be possible?

It's similar to FreeBSD but with enough differences that it needs to
be tested separately.