From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 8 11:31:51 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA11263 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:31:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from felix.cs.wisc.edu (felix.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.73.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA11254 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:31:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jcargill@localhost) by felix.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA22120; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:31:36 -0600 Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:31:36 -0600 Message-Id: <199512081931.NAA22120@felix.cs.wisc.edu> From: Jonathan Cargille To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Donations (was Re: Second appeal for sup ...) In-Reply-To: <21490.818297379@time.cdrom.com> References: <199512061903.NAA04391@felix.cs.wisc.edu> <21490.818297379@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > I can think of a couple of companies ;-) that would be glad to chip in > more than that! Well, let's explore this one further. Here's a list, in order of decreasing importance, of the kinds of resources I think the project most needs right now: 1. Internet connectivity (for providing more distributed services) I'll volunteer InfoMagic ;-) (Yes, I've discussed it with them; that's why I was slow in responding/offering) to pick up some portion of the net-load; they've got a T1 with some available bandwidth, and are planning to get another within a couple of months. We'll be happy to provide sup and other service. I'll be happy to do the admin for it (though I haven't set up sup-service before, so someone to coach would certainly be welcome!). Can you give me some idea of what sort of load 20 sup clients is (in terms of bandwidth and processor requirements)? As far as hardware and $$ donations go, I have a few comments (which will have to wait until I have a minute to think clearly! ;-) Jon