sa3r...@gmail.com wrote on 06/04/2011 10:19:27 AM: > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:42 AM, <robert_w...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > I've heard some valid concerns about hardware resources needed to build > > OpenOffice. Since I just happen to know a company that is in the hardware > > business, I might be able to get them to help out in this department. But > > I wanted to first check on what the possibilities are on the Apache side. > > In particular, does Apache have some way to accept hardware donations and > > have them co-located in your data center, with Apache taking care of > > physical infrastructure, back ups, bandwidth, etc. Is that possible at > > all? Or should I be looking at some way these build machines could be > > hosted externally? How is this ordinarily done at Apache? > > It is a complicated subject, and I will just outline some of the > parameters. But first I will say that I personally arranged (OK, with > considerable backing and support from my management) to loan the ASF > four new machines a number of years back on extended loan and these > machines were only recently returned after they exceeded their life > expectancy. These machines were used for core and critical functions > for the ASF. > > Outright donations have also been accepted from other companies. > > That being said, the conversation can not start from a perspective of > "this is what I have to offer, can you make use of it?" Instead it > needs to start from a perspective of what the ASF needs and how best > to accommodate those needs. A specific point that is important to > realize is that our system administrative staff understandably wishes > to constrain the number of different types of operating systems that > they use. >
OK. This is encouraging. We can map out the details in the project, see if we have a hardware gap, and explore solutions at this point. I just wanted to point out, for the benefit of the IPMC, that although a concern was earlier raised about build machine resources, we have identified now two possible ways of addressing it. -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
