Well, the get-e.org money from google adds could be channeled this way, this is about £10 /month at the moment I think, though it keeps going up...
Andy On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 03:51:37PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > OK people.... > > It seems CVS issues have been getting worse of late - SF.NET is being more > overloaded than ever, and thinktux needs to go down soon enough. We need to > solve this. Now This isn't edict, or guaranteed to happen, but it's an IDEA > open for discussion. > > Apparently thinktux pulls some serious load and bandwidth - and that is not > all > of the anonymous CVS access we have. Apparently Thinktux's machine is farily > overloaded CPU-wise and is pulling a good 25GB of CVS data traffic per day. I > imagine this will only increase over time and if all anonymous CVS access is > moved here - then it will get even worse. > > So after some discussions we have a tentative offer of free hosting and > bandwidth from the guys at: http://osuosl.org/ - all we need is a server box. > We can run what we want on this - including enlightenment.org's website, and > we > could host other pages if we want to too (get-e.org, edevelop.org etc.) if > people desire, but the main issue here is easier ability to provide downloads > of tarballs (currently enlightenment.freedesktop.org servers as this dumping > ground due to sf.net limiting www space and use). and CVS - anonymous CVS. The > problems are twofold - bandwidth and load here. > > Here is where you come in (users etc.). If you want better access to things > like nightly source tarballs builds, fast speedy CVS access, maybe binary > tarballs builds, etc. etc. - our own machine will allow us to do this without > limits. All we need to do is pony up enough cash to buy a machine to put in a > rack. Again - this is just an idea right now, but it's a relatively attractive > one. This allows us to monitor CVS stats better - find out just how many > people > use CVS - how often, where they come from (USA, Eruope, Outer Mongolia) etc. > It > gives use the opportunity to provide a better service and gain more > information. > > Now if enough users are willing to donate something - like $20 or $50 here and > there we can afford such a machine and thus bring CVS access and source access > up to top level standards. > > This mail is meant to do 3 things. > > 1. Consider if this is a sane option at all (IMHO with a little work it is and > opens up lots of future possibilities). > > 2. If so - what box do we really need? I am thinking something like: > dual opteron/xeon or amd64 (like 2 phsical cpu's) and maybe get 2x dual core > cpu's - but don't get the expensive ones - midrange (to handle the cvs load) > eg > amd64 3800's (2ghz dual core amd64 - 2 of these cpu's (so 4 cores total)), 1GB > ram minimum - likely 2-4 GB maybe for lots of disk cache, a 2u box/case and a > raid drive setup (disks go bad - setup at least raid mirroring with striped > reads doubling our read rates, and a failure is no big deal other than needing > to send out a replacement), with removable drive bays because drives go bad - > make life easy on the hosters. If a drive goes bad - limp along without backup > for a week or 2, get new drive, insert & fixed. Otherwise the rest is pretty > standard (100mbit or gigabit ethernet - irrelevant which really) etc. etc. > this > can of course all be discussed as to what people think is a good value for > money box that meets our needs. > > 3. Are people willing to donate enough $ to make it happen? > > So what do you guys think? > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 裸好多 > Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- To iterate is human, to recurse divine. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
