As I mentioned before, I believe that ASF Infra explicitly does *not* want donated EC2 instances, but again, check with them to be sure and as to what the donation process is regardless.
A. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > That's good to know, Kos. > > Is there any place I can find the actual usage (in terms of utilization / > memory-cpu-disk usage) of these build machines ? > > Based on the Amazon EC2 pricing (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/), I > would like to determine which type of instances would be adequate, and how > much yearly budget would be needed. > > Since ASF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization, these > donations would be tax deductible for U.S. Based individuals. (Plus for > new AWS members, there is a free tier for 1 year.) Is there build infra in > place that will allow these individually donated ec2 instances to be > utilized ? > > - Milind > --- > Milind Bhandarkar > Greenplum Labs, > EMC > > > (Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this email are those of the author, and > do > not necessarily represent the views of any organization, past or > present, the author might be affiliated with.) > > > > > > On 8/2/11 11:39 AM, "Konstantin Boudnik" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Milind. > > > >From about 30 boxes Y! gave to ASF at least (I believe there were more, > >but at > >least that much) 10 of them were used _exclusively_ as Hadoop build/test > >machines (e.g. Hudson slaves) and a number of others (about 5 at least) > >were > >used for Hadoop deployment testing _exclusively_. So, I think the claim > >above > >doesn't reflect the real situation with hardware donation or perhaps is > >missing some of the details ;). > > > >With that in mind I came across this article goo.gl/EVp5S and now I have > a > >bright idea! Shall the hardware donation be proportional to the proclaimed > >market share (or installation base) of a particular commercial > >distribution's > >vendor? That'd be only fair I guess... Apache Hadoop is about 65% of the > >installation and Y! brought in 30 machines. If a vendor A or C has say 30% > >then may be they feel good by donating something like 15 boxes to the > >cause? > > > >-- > > Take care, > > Konstantin (Cos) Boudnik > > 2CAC 8312 4870 D885 8616 6115 220F 6980 1F27 E622 > > > > Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this email are those of the author, > >and do > > not necessarily represent the views of any company the author might be > > affiliated with at the moment of writing. > > > > > >On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 01:38PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> A couple of questions for Nigel and Andrew: > >> > >> 1. What do you mean by "non-single-purpose machines" ? (I guess, > >>machines > >> they can use for non-Hadoop projects as well ?) > >> > >> 2. Do these machines have to be physical boxes or virtual machines be > >>okay > >> too ? (sudo on virtual machines would be easier to sell than on physical > >> boxes.) > >> > >> 3. What's the process for donations ? > >> > >> - milind > >> > >> --- > >> Milind Bhandarkar > >> Greenplum Labs, > >> EMC > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 8/2/11 8:07 AM, "Andrew Bayer" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> >FWIW, the ASF Infra guys aren't that keen on more machines they won't > >>have > >> >physical control of. There may be some wiggle room on that, but they'll > >> >definitely need sudo and they would much prefer non-single-purpose > >> >machines. > >> >Just a heads up from my talks with Infra lately. > >> > > >> >A. > >> > > >> >On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Nigel Daley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Folks, > >> >> > >> >> Given the Hadoop build machines have been offline for a few day, this > >> >>would > >> >> be a good time to see if other companies can donate **access** to > >>some > >> >> build hardware to diversify our donors. Currently there are roughly > >>30 > >> >> machines donated by Yahoo! > >> >> > >> >> Ideally the hardware is: > >> >> * hosted and OS managed by the donor, > >> >> * publicly addressable on the internet, > >> >> * running Ubuntu or CentOS, and > >> >> * sudo access can be given to Apache's Jenkins admins so they can > >>create > >> >> accounts for committers as needed. > >> >> > >> >> Anyone? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> Nige > >> >> > >> > > > >
