My question is why no other options viable for hosting? Why MUST we use AWS? Why do we need 99.99 availability for 6 servers? Why could we not hybrid the design (like Craig said) and use some local hosting and some AWS?
Hardware is cheap and easy to come by. Hosting our own allows us to have a TON more CPU and RAM and storage. It something like spiff/wiki/fileserver due to hardware failure, upgrade needs, network connection... we could always but a static page for our contact info so it doesn't seem like we fell off the face of the internet. If we want to have a class on AWS by all means fire up a demo site. That has nothing to do with our production infrastructure. I know we all want more internet and lots of people SAY TWC is unreliable but I haven't seen anything saying HOW unreliable at the 48 Summit space it is. Are we down or frequent outages? Not getting promised service <BW>? Excessive packet loss? Are we taking metrics? And if TWC is that bad WHY was it chosen to use them? On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Craig Bergdorf <[email protected]> wrote: > or, if it's $200 and you know for a fact the space needs it right now, > just grudgingly buy it and hold mild anger towards those that said it > wasn't needed (sorry, in a mood). Unless (crosses fingers) this is meant > as a way to test a new, functional system for the space approving > purchases, if so: > > Is there a budget for the space that includes consumables like toilet > paper that any member is allowed to see / comment on? What percentage of > the remainder of that does this $200 represent? > > As I mentioned before, I think this is a great idea, and the lower price > tag just makes it better. I also have mentioned we should be paying more > for internet so we can supplement our real host with some old fashioned > house file servers (and a webcam/open sign/phone that doesn't require so > much maintenance). > > If a call for comments is up, my only concern is one of not knowing if the > amount we have for monthly improvements has included all the consumables I > would think higher priority (such as toilet paper). I am also surprised > that there is a penny left in this fund after 2 months of building. > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Torrie Fischer > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Monday, March 03, 2014 11:35:51 Justin Herman wrote: >> > I agree with Andrew, >> > >> > I hold several concerns about this proposal and think we need to >> evaluate >> > the needs of the infrastructure. >> >> If you've got "several concerns", what are those concerns? I too can >> claim to >> be "concerned" about something and not actually say why. >> >> Instead of doing any useful synhak work today or tomorrow, I'll be >> producing a >> technical report that shows why this investment will benefit the hacker >> community we aim to support. >> >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Andrew Buczko >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> > > WAT? >> > > >> > > first you said it was $1.60 >> > > Then $16.40 >> > > Now it's $123.10 >> > > >> > > ? >> > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Torrie Fischer >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> Previous thread: >> > >> >> > >> https://synhak.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-February/003393.html >> > >> >> > >> I'd like to propose that we spend $200 to reserve the two t1.micro >> > >> instances >> > >> in that proposal for the purpose of web servers. >> > >> >> > >> Our current AWS expenditure is still ~$80/mo. Spending $200 up front >> will >> > >> reduce that bill by $16.40/mo and keep our infrastructure expenses >> low >> > >> for the >> > >> next three years. Thats an extra $16.40 we can invest elsewhere with >> a >> > >> break >> > >> even point of 12 months. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> Discuss mailing list >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Discuss mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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