OK ok, Your message got you 100% of my available brain time for about two minutes, but it is only because I haven't had my coffee yet! Eusebius
River Tarnell a écrit : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi, > > as you are no doubt aware, the Toolserver is perennially short of money, and > often cannot afford to buy hardware/software which would greatly improve the > reliability of the service. after much internal discussion, we have decided > upon a solution to this problem, which we will be trialling shortly: paid > accounts. > > this works as follows: basic Toolserver accounts remain free. however, the > functionality of these accounts will be limited; free users cannot use more > than 64MB RAM, or 256MB of disk space, and cannot use more than 1 CPU-hour of > CPU time per day. (this means CPU use is limited to, for example, 1 process > using 100% of a single CPU for 1 hour, per day.) we will allow disallow some > additional features for free accounts: cron; screen; email forwarding; > phpMyAdmin and Subversion hosting. web hosting will still be available. > > because one of the main uses of the Toolserver is the replicated Wikimedia > databases, we will be allowing this even to free users. however, each account > will be limited to 25 queries per day. this should be fine for occasional > queries. > > for users who need more than these basic resources, it will be possible to > purchase additional resources. instead of having a single "paid account" > price, we decided to allow the purchase of individual resources. this means > you can pay for only what you need. the initial pricing structure (which is > subject to change) is: > > * phpMyAdmin: EUR1/month > * cron: EUR5/month > * screen: EUR5/month > * unlimited SQL queries on *one* cluster: EUR2.50/month > * 'upgrade package' (includes phpMyAdmin, cron, screen and unlimited queries > for all clusters): EUR15/month > > * additional 64MB of RAM: EUR5/month > * additional 256MB of disk space: EUR5/month > * one Subversion repository: EUR2.50/month > * 'upgrade plus' package (includes upgrade package, plus the above): > EUR25/month > > other features: > * premium support: EUR5/month (gives priority to your ts-admins@ requests), as > well as telephone support (subject to fair usage limits) > * one stable server project: EUR5/month > * dedicated virtual machine (Solaris zone), including root access: > EUR10/month. > > for users who need to buy more upgrades, for example a large amount of disk > space, bulk purchase discounts will be available; please contact ts-admins@ > for > details on this. > > we will wait a few weeks before implementing this change, to give users a > chance to decide what resources they need. you can purchase your paid account > in advance, and it won't take effect until we make the change. please mail > ts-admins@ for instructions on how to pay. > > we hope this change will improve the Toolserver experience for all users, and > provide the much-needed funding we need to continue growing. if you have any > comments or suggestions about this proposal, please discuss them on the list. > > thanks for understanding, > - river. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) > > iEYEARECAAYFAknSwmMACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLB0wCeOwS9yku2quSHZppVSaJML6XT > Nl8An0mRo7Gi9hOq/z2/Ebinny/4MqQg > =wJOs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l > _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l
