On 2/26/2014 1:10 AM, Andrew Buczko wrote: > What is AWS ? (Akron Waffle Supply) > > * here is our current infrastructure: > > ** Two t1.micro servers as web servers > ** One t1.micro server as mail host > ** One t1.micro MySQL RDS instance > > *** current AWS bill: $81,88 /mo > > > *Here is the new infrastucture: > > ** 3 year heavy reservations for two t1.micro EC2 instances @ $200 > ** 1 year heavy reservation for one m1.small EC2 instance @ $169 > ** 3 year heavy reservation for one m1.small EC2 instance @ $257 > ** 3 year heavy reservation for one m1.small MySQL RDS instance @ $257.00 > > *** Total upfront cost: $883.00 > *** Estimated monthly cost to run synhak.org <http://synhak.org>: $83.52 > > This sounds great. > > 1> Um, according to your figures, the new infrastructure will cost > $1.64 more per month than the old one, Where do you get a savings of > $123.10? > > 2> Is it what we need? What do the logs show as far as load's on the > current servers? > > 3> Can we get smaller servers and save even more money? > > This is an operating expense and does not fall under the grant that we > just got. http://i.imgur.com/l5Xnoq7.jpg
Please tell me where it states that we are not allowed to use the grant money for OpEx? > > Andy > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Torrie Fischer > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:38:58 Justin Herman wrote: > > I think an evaluation of several hosting options and > establishing the > > infrastructure needs be done, before we earmark funds and make > any plan > > changes. > > I didn't say any funds were being earmarked. I'm not evaluating > other hosting > options because I'm the one doing the work and would very much > rather not > migrate synhak.org <http://synhak.org> to another provider when > I've already poured a significant > quantity of effort and time into the current setup. > > > > > I am concerned with how much horse power & cost has been amassed > even after > > we have achieved a 501c3 status. > > Please elaborate. > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Torrie Fischer > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>wrote: > > > Hi, all. > > > > > > Something I've wanted to do for quite some time is invest in > some reserved > > > AWS > > > instances for synhak.org <http://synhak.org> to reduce our > monthly bill. The problem with > > > that is > > > paying the high up-front cost. Since we now have this $15k > grant, I'd like > > > to > > > use a small portion of it to build what I consider an ideal > synhak.org <http://synhak.org> > > > infrastructure: > > > > > > * 3 year heavy reservations for two t1.micro EC2 instances @ $200 > > > * 1 year heavy reservation for one m1.small EC2 instance @ $169 > > > * 3 year heavy reservation for one m1.small EC2 instance @ $257 > > > * 3 year heavy reservation for one m1.small MySQL RDS instance > @ $257.00 > > > > > > Total upfront cost: $883.00 > > > Estimated monthly cost to run synhak.org <http://synhak.org>: > $83.52 > > > Estimated cost without reservations: $206.62 > > > > > > Monthly savings: $123.10 > > > Yearly savings: $1447.20 > > > > > > One year commitment: $1002.24, approximately 14% of our 2013 > membership > > > dues > > > income. > > > Three year commitment: $3006.72, approximately 8% of projected > three year > > > income of $36,000. > > > > > > Our member dues already handily cover all our other bills. > > > > > > Here's my sources on the AWS calculator: > > > > > > > > > > http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html#r=IAD&key=calc-E7EBCA4F-D171 > > > -416F-AB21-D1CFE82DE07B > > > > > > The two micros will be used as edge webservers to host the > wiki and spiff. > > > The one year small will be a general purpose shell, phong, > logging, and > > > event > > > processing server > > > The three year small will be a dedicated mailing list server > > > > > > I'm suggesting a one year reservation to avoid getting > ourselves locked > > > into a > > > situation of needing more horsepower for administrivia but not > able to > > > spend > > > more than $85/mo. I don't envision our mailing list server > requirements > > > growing beyond an m1.small instance within the next three > years, provided > > > it > > > remains dedicated to just mail. > > > > > > Our current AWS bill is $81.88/mo due to free tier expiring a > few months > > > ago. > > > This investment will keep our monthly infrastructure bill > roughly the same > > > while at the same time giving us a *lot* more room to grow for > that same > > > price. For comparison, here is our current infrastructure: > > > > > > * Two t1.micro servers as web servers > > > * One t1.micro server as mail host > > > * One t1.micro MySQL RDS instance > > > > > > The following benefits will be realized with this $883 investment: > > > > > > * Faster performance on mediawiki, spiff, and other applications > > > * Less resource contention when mailman, postfix, phong, and > document > > > rebuilding aren't all competing for the same pittance of CPU > and memory > > > * Tighter security by establishing a bastion host setup > resulting in > > > exactly > > > two public endpoints for synhak.org <http://synhak.org> > > > * Room for growth in website activity and services offered > > > * Significant cost reduction in critical infrastructure will > be secured > > > for > > > three years > > > * We would have a really cool playground for devops hackers > > > * Current $80/mo AWS budget could be reallocated towards the > maintenance > > > budget or funneled into a monthly Hacker Grant program. > > > > > > I would appreciate any feedback on this idea. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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