Hello, On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 01:37:54PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > The first question is what ARM hardware to buy; the second is where to > host that hardware. Here are some considerations:
concerning hosting, I could easily host one smaller machine (like the Overdrive 1000) in my living room, Tobias has stepped up, and I suppose other members of the Guix community could do so as well. So we would end up with a somewhat distributed effort, which would be nice for resilience and spreading system administration load. Currently the web page for the Overdrive 1000 mentions 26 available units for 600U US$ plus shipping and tax. The Overdrive 3000 is out of stock. For more centralised options, we could host machines at Aquilenet; in addition to the rack in the datacentre where they host bayfront, they just opened a "free form hosting option". Prices are here: https://atelier.aquilenet.fr/projects/services/wiki/Hergementlibre/7/diff Prices are more or less proportional to electricity consumption; they state that for 30W on average we would need to pay 20€/month. Over a few years of lifetime this would add up quite considerably, compared to the distributed solution. Andreas
