I have a server at hetzner 16gb of ram and 2x3tb hdd's the problem is the bandwidth its 100Mbps connectivity.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Florian Effenberger < flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Sean McNamara wrote on 2012-10-31 14:26: > > > A system with almost exactly these specs can be rented affordably, >> month to month, from Hetzner in Germany. I'm not sure if you were >> directly citing their specifications when you wrote this up, but it >> happens to be exactly matching one of their offerings (with an added >> cost for the 1 Gbit/s bandwidth). >> > > we indeed are customers of Hetzner. Not exclusively, but with a majority > of our machines. However, in times of growing demands, that will result in > growing costs, I thought that asking for some sponsors might be helpful. :) > > > One idea would be to have volunteers make a commitment to pay a >> fraction of the server bill on a monthly basis, and pool money to rent >> servers this way. If you need wide geographic distribution then the >> > > That sounds like a good "plan B". We are drafting "wishlists" from the > various teams (like the marketing team which would like to have collaterals > printed), so people can see what they donate for. It is definitely an > option to list infra costs there as well, should our call for sponsoring > yield no results. > > > number of servers you can have is less, because costs are much higher >> in places such as the U.S. and certain parts of Asia. You may be able >> to get a discount for being a non-profit entity, depending on the >> provider's policies. >> > > Indeed, it seems that in Germany, hosting is cheap compared to other parts > of the world. I was quite surprised when I learned e.g. how expensive it is > in South America. > > Thanks for your proposals, much appreciated! > > Florian > > -- > Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany > Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > Legal details: > http://www.documentfoundation.**org/imprint<http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint> > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > mirrors+help@**documentfoundation.org<mirrors%2bh...@documentfoundation.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**documentfoundation.org/www/**mirrors/<http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/mirrors/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Jonathan Aquilina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to mirrors+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/mirrors/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
