On Wednesday 27 January 2010 20:43:17 Matthew Toseland wrote: > What do we want to host ourselves? > Clearly we don't want to host anything that can't be upgraded reasonably > easily. I.e. not Wikka. > > We already outsource our git repository (Github), and file downloads (Google > Code). > > The server currently runs: > - Mailing lists (Mailman); this could possibly be outsourced free. > - Several websites with and without SSL. This could be done on any php host, > but we need multiple IP addresses. > - MANTIS. This is quite heavy. > - Our current wiki Wikka (NOT PACKAGED, has to be manually kept up to date). > It will soon run: > - Two MediaWiki wiki's (doc-fr and our new wiki migrated from sourceforge). > This is reasonably easy to set up and upgrade, we can use the debian package > with multiple instances. > - Possibly Lurker, although there is an argument for entirely outsourcing > mailing list archives, or just relying on the very basic support built in to > mantis. > > A side-issue is whether we want help (volunteers) with system administration, > and whether we can trust people who come forward. Do we have any policy on > who should have root access? If you want to help then mail me ... > Important piece of information: Our new server is a bytemark VM with 512MB of RAM, 20GB of disk and 100GB monthly transfer. It costs 27/mo. I am concerned that it may not be able to handle the load very well.
A 1GB VM would cost 45/mo (migration is very easy), or a new dedicated server would cost 59/mo for 2GB/120GB/200GB (with a dual core ATOM), or 90/mo for something comparable to emu (dual core AMD, 8GB/500GB/400GB). IIRC emu actually cost quite a bit more than that, although they may have reduced the price later on? And yes, we need the money. All figures above in GBP. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20100127/3b183eea/attachment.pgp>
