From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-gy0-f175.google.com ([209.85.160.175]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtE1F-0002I4-3W for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:20:30 +0200 Received: by gya6 with SMTP id 6so2465819gya.6 for ; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:19:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wC6EWmAulzOZZHbATqu+8Gihmg9z3AaodLdC0z6BNGs=; b=ikOc2iBYC8YYKDQoXyHih6CWfs7kKBHkMNvUJurwLj5txDHzvVB0dC0dvsrNwApcBp ukUKV64ftYwCvAvxZ1Nr3OdVbCRqMVVjcMUevjRfg+c+Eu4pmKBH/+d5ND0TK43aErl6 h3BoswQg3DuJ4wIs5xqUKGF1WIMExPlX46H5E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=YoG5JOMyjJuF69o1g0SAHqDVDKxUUsa/bs4Mg4OnzHlgCQYnl6qzv98krkGrQd1P+W 2yG0KOUVMEwXpZKYfwjreLfzZl3kTg2KxM2LtRd0Ufx86pEthu7NYrdrYPrWOj2qq/V1 Mb1RmmonWPhvMzsdwo/nn86N3QJwGJRLy8rHk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.114.8 with SMTP id m8mr681037agc.132.1283926787303; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.208.17 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 23:19:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:19:47 +0200 Message-ID: From: Frans Meulenbroeks To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 209.85.160.175 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: fransmeulenbroeks@gmail.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: OE donations X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:30 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2010/9/7 Cliff Brake : > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks > wrote: >> 2010/9/3 Cliff Brake : >> >>> >>> Our immediate financial need is to upgrade storage on our server hardwa= re: >>> >>> 4 new 1.5TB drives. Approx $1k >> >> Maybe before we spent 1k on disks: >> >> How much diskspace do we have now? >> How much of it is used? >> And what stored is on it? >> And why is this massive amount of storage (4.5 TB assuming they are in >> RAID5) needed? >> >> I feel 1k is a big amount for a small e.V. like ours, and before >> deciding on the spending of it we should probably first discuss the >> issue and evaluate other options. >> E.g. maybe we can find a sponsor to donate some space and bandwidth on >> their server. > > We share hardware and hosting costs with a number of other projects like: > > foonas.org > nslu2-linux.org > openwiz.org > preware.org > webos-internals.org > > Historically, we have funded very little of the server costs at the > OSUOSL site. =A0I personally purchased a CPU for them at one point, and > I'm not sure much else has come from the OE project. =A0So from a > project standpoint, we are likely behind when it comes to paying for > our share of the hardware costs. > > The 4.5TB will likely be shared with all the above projects. =A0The > http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Infrastructure page lists some > of the resources allocated specifically to the OE project. =A0Other > resources (such as a dedicated database server, and backups) are not > so apparent. > > So in summary, we should fund at least a portion of the above storage > costs. =A0Personally, I'm satisfied with how things are OSUOSL are run > -- Tom King and others spend a lot of volunteer time keeping things > running. > > Thanks, > Cliff > Cliff, all, Please note that I am not against paying our part of the resources. The 4.5 TB request to me came as kind-of a surprise as I don't see us using up that amount of resources (as we currently have 50 GB). But ofc as we also use CPU cycles, space, etc etc, so I see no problem with us donating some storage hardware as we also use resources donated by others. Wrt OSUOSL: I see the people are doing a good job, and I really appreciate = it. Best regards, Frans