On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:52:29 -0800 Ben Rockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > > > > > >>To most folks around here, one more box wouldn't make a real dent in > >>their admin load. I think the biggest factor is going to be how long > >>it will take before we can afford to buy a server sufficient to the > >>task. Having recently purchased a dual dual-core AMD64 system for a > >>customer, I'll tell you right now they're not cheap. We speced ours > >>out at around $6k. I can provide exact specs if needed. > >> > >> > > > >i'm seeing servers going from 1.5-3k for something reasonable - not top of > >the line - but possibly what we could want. this is more the debate at the > >moment. what do we need, what can we live with, and what can we actually > >afford. thispart of things has been skipped a bit so far - as i think we > >still need to debate the worthiness of getting a box at all, but the offer > >is pretty much on the table form osuosl, so if we fill out end of things - > >we should be golden. > > > > > FYI, I've put in a request to Sun for 2 servers. They may be able to > give us systems or they might not, budgets are tight over there right > now and its not so easy to just hand out boxes, but I can guarrentee > that they are going to try. Currently I'm asking for a pair of dual-core > X4200 Sun servers. We'll see what happens, no promises. let's see - but i wont hold my hopes up for a yes - let us know if its a yes or a now as soon as you can because the natives are restless. :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
