# Altair

**Altair** is a physical server residing in the CSL Machine Room. It used to serve [KVM Virtual machines](/technologies/virtualization-stack.md) but is currently used as a logging/SIEM server.

## Technical Specifications

| Field             | Value                                     |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| **Server Type**   | Sun Fire X4150                            |
| **CPU**           | 2x Intel Xeon X5460 Quado-Core @ 3.16 GHz |
| **RAM**           | 24 GB                                     |
| **Hard Disks**    | 2x 73 GB 2.5in 10 SAS, RAID 1             |
| **OS**            | Ubuntu 20.04                              |
| **Purchase Date** | Winter 2008                               |

## History

Altair was one of the six X4150s allocated to run Sun Ray (thin client) services for the Sun Rays around the school. Altair was recieved through the 2008 Sun AEG recieved by the TJ CSL. From 2016 to February 2018, it acted at the backup [ns1](/technologies/networking/dns.md), in case the VM went down.


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