On 2011-05-15 11:48:51 (+0100), Thomas Hertweck <Thomas.Hertweck@web.de> wrote:
On 05/05/11 19:46, Thomas Hertweck wrote:
On 05/05/11 00:59, Pascal Bleser wrote:
[...] Or sponsor a server for Packman ? [...]
What kind of hardware specs are we talking about in this context?
A couple of months ago, I have pointed out that I might be able to donate some (used) hardware - you will find such a message in the archive (although the context was different and not primarily about hardware). Here I have again asked what hardware specs you are looking for.
Sorry, I missed that one. For Packman, we would actually need bandwidth too, as we don't have any means to host them either, and an OBS worker host does use up quite some bandwith (they're in a VPN with our main instance). Hence in terms of sponsoring, for Packman, we would be primarily interested in monetary donations in order to rent a hosted server, including bandwidth.
In both cases, I haven't received *any* reply. We have therefore now given some servers to another project, people there were actually quite keen on getting the hardware and they were very thankful for the support.
Okay, sorry again, but good for the other project then :)
I find this a bit disappointing, to be honest. But if nobody on this mailing list responds to inquiries or questions, I can't do anything about it. The question I posed was simple enough. Okay, it would have been used hardware and no new hardware. But it would have been for free.
Yes, that's awesome, and thanks a lot for your offer.
We may have other opportunities in the future, but I don't know when this will be, it depends on the next round of server and cluster updates. Hardware specs in the current case was rack-mounted dual-CPU quad-core Intel Xeon 2.9GHz, 96GB RAM, 15k rpm RAID. Not sure whether this would have been suitable for your purpose but the servers have certainly served us well.
A server with specs like that would be awesome indeed, and very well suited for being an OBS worker host. As I explained above, though, the issue is that we also need the bandwidth :\ But thanks for your kind offer nevertheless, and sorry for having missed out on it on the list. cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser /\\ http://opensuse.org -- we haz green _\_v http://fosdem.org -- we haz conf