Reflections: Infrastructure Lead

From DaVinci

Contents

What I have done this semster as a infrastructure lead?

  • Dogbert Website
  • Wiki website
  • Subversion repository
  • Action Item Database
  • Video conferencing
  • Authentication
  • Backup Mechanism

The Main problem I encountered

  • Make everyone willing to use new tools without changing their oringinal habit too much.
  • Communicate with Edd.
  • Find out the reason why choosing those tools
  • Encounter MSE Cave moving period
  • CS network break down and unstable

Dogbert Website reflection

  • Layout problem:

I mostly use CSS without table and to construct the website. The mechanism that Firefox and IE deal with CSS is different.

  • Client Side include:

Dogbert Website doesn't allow dynamic webpage, such as PHP, JSP, ASP. In order not to mantain the common section in every page, we have to use client side include mechanism.

Wiki website

  • Create template: make people more willing to use the wiki website
  • RSS feed: Easy to see the changing
  • Authentication: Edit privilege and page to page authenticate

Subversion repository

  • Authentication
  • Branching mechanism
  • Trac setup
  • Check in and Check out rules setup

Action Item Database

  • Communicate with SEI Clif to setup

Video conferencing

  • The image of the webcam is too small and the USB conneciton line is too short to put the camera very far
  • The screen is too small to see everyone on the video

Authentication

  • FTP authentication
  • Wiki authentication
  • Remote Access authentication
  • Subversion authentication

Backup Mechanism

  • CS help desk backup mechanism
  • Ghost periodically backup