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I will send them +</I>><i> back to WD. So we will have new Caviar Black for spare. +</I> +Yes. + +><i> +</I>>><i> - backup server : we need a server with a lot of disk space, to save +</I>>><i> data from other servers. Fast CPU or a lot of ram is not needed on +</I>>><i> this server. +</I>>><i> dams suggested buying this server : +</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=sv4r415&c=fr&l=fr&s=bsd&cs=frbsdt1&model_id=poweredge-r415">http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=sv4r415&c=fr&l=fr&s=bsd&cs=frbsdt1&model_id=poweredge-r415</A> +</I>>><i> 899 euros +</I>>><i> adding : +</I>>><i> * Redundant power supply (132 euros) +</I>>><i> * 4 * 1TB disks (4 * 332 euros) +</I>>><i> Total: 2 261 euros +</I>>><i> So total is quite expensive. An other solution could be to buy a cheap +</I>>><i> computer that one of us keep at home/office, doing remote backups. Or +</I>>><i> maybe we can find someone to donate a server, so that we only need to +</I>>><i> buy disks for the server. Maybe we can ask for hardware donations for +</I>>><i> this server on mageia-dev and/or blog ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Not expensive for my POV as is a new brand machine: if it fails in the +</I>><i> first years, no need to buy spare and go to Marseille! Renting a server for +</I> +But can they replace the server in Marseille without us going there ? It +seems difficult. + +If we buy an old server at 200 euros, even if we need to replace it 3 +times, it would still be cheaper than 2000 euros. + + +><i> the same time than the guarantee will cost the same (or even better as GB +</I>><i> are really expensive when renting) thing for a single "rent". +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> - server for packagers, to host VMs used to test package builds. This +</I>>><i> needs to be a fast server, with a lot of RAM. Should we buy an +</I>>><i> expensive server for this now ? Or wait until we have more money, or +</I>>><i> someone donate a server for this ? Or rent a server at 60 euros / +</I>>><i> month on online.net ? +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> A guy from the community offer to rent +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.online.net/serveur-dedie/offre-dedibox-classic.xhtml">http://www.online.net/serveur-dedie/offre-dedibox-classic.xhtml</A> +</I>><i> Can it suit packagers need (local build machine)? +</I>><i> If not enough for packagers build test machine, we know that we will have +</I>><i> this "dedibox" available for something else! +</I>><i> If no need, we will put the 35€ per month on a other expense. +</I> +We need a server for packagers. But preferably something fast as multiple +people will be building packages at the same time. So the server at 60 +euros per month would be better. Or we can buy a dell server with +12 cores, 32GB for 2200 euros : +<A HREF="http://www.hupstream.com/~boklm/mageia/server-packagers.pdf">http://www.hupstream.com/~boklm/mageia/server-packagers.pdf</A> + +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003988.html">[Mageia-sysadm] New hardware for mageia servers +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003991.html">[Mageia-sysadm] New hardware for mageia servers +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3989">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3989">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3989">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3989">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |