Thx... I was just thinking about how we could grow the user community and what the associated costs might be.
> On Aug 9, 2018, at 7:03 AM, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 08/09/2018 12:41 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> I am curious, what are the direct and indirect costs in running Kibble as a >> service? > > Well, depends on the scope. > > If we look at just the direct costs and discount humans, the breakdown for > the demo we run is as follows (this is all donated btw): > - demo instance, hardware: €45/mo > - text analysis services: €175/mo > - bandwidth: €5/mo > total: €225/mo. > > The demo covers roughly 1/15th of the entire ASF (400 resource objects in our > demo vs 6,000 estimated total public resource objects). If we were to extend > it to cover the entire foundation, I would estimate somewhere around > €1500+/mo, again not counting humans. Depending on how many features you need > in the demo and the specific distribution of resources, the price could go up > or down a fair bit - and then you have to factor in someone managing the > stuff. > > With regards, > Daniel. > >> Anyone have any ballpark figures? >>> On Aug 9, 2018, at 4:20 AM, Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All >>> >>> A quick email to let you know that I've signed up to the CHAOSS mailing >>> list which I've been told is how you join CHAOSS! They also hold various >>> conference calls so will take a look at those to see what could be relevant >>> to Kibble. >>> >>> I've mentioned to them that I see two levels of involvement, one is >>> providing input into the definition of metrics for community health (and I >>> suppose this could also linked to community development), and the second is >>> related to the development of Kibble itself as a software tool. Essentially >>> we would want to ensure Kibble is in line with any standards that CHAOSS >>> might define, so being involved we get to know about these and can provide >>> input. >>> >>> I'll try to bring back any relevant topics back to this list. And if anyone >>> else wants to sign up to CHAOSS too then please feel free. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Sharan >
