Dear Tony, Are the any updates on this topic?
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Tony Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > We need to get a vmware host specced up, agreed, purchased, delivered, > racked, installed, configured, a VM created etc, > Once we know this is what we want to do we will need to allow ~1 month > turn-around time. Maybe 6 weeks. > > Primarily the delay is in the order, racking, and installing stages. But > also bear in mind our new EU colo has very few services in it. > > > > > On 7 Jun 2013, at 07:19, Alexei Fedotov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Artyom, > > > > Tony said, > >> actually someone just reminded me that our new EU colo provider > > has enough bandwidth to cope with your request - however it is not QoSed > > so it cannot be guaranteed - but giving the amount they made available > > to us I dont think you would make a significant dent in that. > > > > Tony, what would be our next step to set up the server at EU colo > provider? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -- > > With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, > > Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, > > http://dataved.ru/ > > +7 916 562 8095 > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Alexei Fedotov > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tony, as I have said, the requirements are not as important as the > >> fact we have the server running. For those who feel that bandwidth is > >> not enough or is not reliable enough there is always an option to > >> switch to other test servers (or install their own server). We may add > >> a warning message at the welcome screen. > >> > >> As for your previous question, my AWS bills for two test servers are > >> ~$30 per month though micro-instance is kinda slow, and hetzner bills > >> are approx. ~$30 per server. For 100 Mbit/s connected server located > >> in Russia (with higher hosting costs) I pay 250$ / month. > >> -- > >> With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, > >> Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, > >> http://dataved.ru/ > >> +7 916 562 8095 > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Tony Stevenson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Tony Stevenson wrote on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 06:46:55PM +0100: > >>>> Alexei Fedotov wrote on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 09:32:12PM +0400: > >>>>> Tony, I'm sorry. This was discussed for sure. Things sometimes > change over > >>>>> time, that's why I have asked once again. > >>>>> > >>>>> We have have several test servers and chat channels hosted around. My > >>>>> intention was to have more > >>>>> development resources hosted @apache and branded by apache. > >>>> > >>>> Generally that is a good thing. However your requirements are > >>>> significant, and this is not something we could in all good faith > commit > >>>> too. Sorry. > >>> > >>> Alexi, actually someone just reminded me that our new EU colo provider > >>> has enough bandwidth to cope with your request - however it is not > QoSed > >>> so it cannot be guaranteed - but giving the amount they made available > >>> to us I dont think you would make a significant dent in that. > >>> > >>> The only issue now is the lack of hardware in this location to 'make it > >>> so'. We could look at purchasing a new box for the site, but we wouldnt > >>> be able to guarantee you the 25% of the server you wanted, and it would > >>> be a virtual machine that we'd give you. > >>> > >>> The colo would be in Europe, specifically in Germany. Would this be an > >>> issue for you? > >>> > >>> Please let us know, and I *might* be able to carry this forward. > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Please do not mis-read my reply - I was trying to be open and honest. > >>>> While over time we might well be able to offer you all the hardware > you > >>>> need, it is so very extremely unlikely we could meet your bandwidth > >>>> needs. All our bandwidth is donated to us for free, and as such it > >>>> doesnt come in huge quantities; and where we do have it we have to > >>>> prioritise core services over that of development instances (i.e. svn > >>>> and http over that of pmc specific needs). It's not that we dont want > >>>> to help, but we only have finite resources, and we need to be careful > >>>> not to over commit them. Bandwith is one such commodity where we need > >>>> to be careful. > >>>> > >>>> One option that springs to mind is the use of AWS and friends, while > >>>> they will not guarantee you the resources you want I suspect you might > >>>> get somewhere close most of the time. Though again, if you need these > as > >>>> a minimum resource at all times we will have to look elsewhere. > >>>> > >>>> There might be some money free in the budget to allow you to use such > a > >>>> service. Before we throw up n VMs in an attempt to guess if it will > work > >>>> for you, can you perhaps go back to your PMC and discuss the idea of > VMs > >>>> with the likes of AWS, and when you find a vendor please do a little > >>>> research into the options, then let us know what you want to do. > Please > >>>> note that the budget is not endless, and if you want to saturate > 20Mb/s > >>>> or more, then I guess the bill from AWS will be significant and you > >>>> might not get a lot of AWS time as a reuslt - so please look carefully > >>>> and come back to us with options and we can take those forward for > you. > >>>> > >>>> I'm pushing this back to you to do the research as we are kinda snowed > >>>> under somewhat and if you can do this part we might just be able to > say > >>>> "go for it" and let you have at it. I stress 'might' :) > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Tony > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------- > >>>> Tony Stevenson > >>>> > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> > >>>> http://www.pc-tony.com > >>>> > >>>> GPG - 1024D/51047D66 > >>>> ---------------------------------- > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Cheers, > >>> Tony > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------- > >>> Tony Stevenson > >>> > >>> [email protected] > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> http://www.pc-tony.com > >>> > >>> GPG - 1024D/51047D66 > >>> ---------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > > > Cheers, > Tony > > ---------------------------------- > Tony Stevenson > > [email protected] > [email protected] > > http://www.pc-tony.com > > GPG - 1024D/51047D66 > ---------------------------------- > > > > > > > -- WBR Maxim aka solomax
