I think they are waiting for a spec. However I am still a bit confused who needs to approve that spec? Do we need the ASF board to approve that spec?
Thanks Sebastian 2013/9/24 Maxim Solodovnik <[email protected]> > 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 > -- Sebastian Wagner https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock http://www.webbase-design.de http://www.wagner-sebastian.com [email protected]
