From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: What ARM hardware should we buy and where should we host it? Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 23:33:31 +0200 Message-ID: <20180911213331.GA13582@jurong> References: <87lg8izu99.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50760) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzqIC-0000ry-3W for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:33:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzqI7-0001bj-Gn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:33:48 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a0c:e300::1]:34692) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzqI2-0001Tr-TR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:33:45 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87lg8izu99.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org 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/d= iff Prices are more or less proportional to electricity consumption; they sta= te that for 30W on average we would need to pay 20=A4/month. Over a few year= s of lifetime this would add up quite considerably, compared to the distrib= uted solution. Andreas