14:02:42 #startmeeting 14:02:42 Meeting started Tue Oct 2 14:02:42 2012 UTC. The chair is quaid. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 14:02:42 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 14:03:09 #chair dneary RobertM 14:03:09 Current chairs: RobertM dneary quaid 14:03:20 #meetingname oVirt Infra weekly sync 14:03:20 The meeting name has been set to 'ovirt_infra_weekly_sync' 14:03:31 #topic Agenda & helloes 14:03:33 hello! 14:03:40 * Alter Way 14:03:47 Hello 14:03:51 anything else for the agenda? 14:04:04 * quaid is going to write the email about the meeting time right now 14:04:38 #action quaid to propose changing intra meeting time b/c of clash with another call 14:05:03 #topic Alter Way hosting offer 14:05:03 well 14:05:16 I guess that's accurate 14:05:31 the meeting time change came up before our team's conflict, ewoud can't do this time, and it often conflicts for others 14:05:34 anyway 14:05:37 dneary: go ahead 14:06:02 * mburns distracted and late... 14:06:30 * RobertM distracted and late :) 14:06:36 So the meeting with Alter Way went well 14:06:39 #chair mburns 14:06:39 Current chairs: RobertM dneary mburns quaid 14:06:54 They're working on an oVirt based cloud offering which they will be launching soon 14:06:56 #info dneary visited Alter Way to discuss their offer of hosting services 14:07:13 They're running oVirt nightlies (and have been testing some in-progress patchsets) 14:07:14 #info Alter Way is working on an oVirt based cloud to be launched soon 14:07:23 * quaid hands dneary an #info 14:07:33 #info They're running oVirt nightlies (and have been testing some in-progress patchsets) 14:07:56 I got their hosting proposal this morning (I gave them this meeting as a deadline) 14:08:06 excellent 14:08:17 So here it is... 14:08:38 #info quaid likened the situation to how Fedora has taken hosting sponsorships 14:09:56 #info Alter Way offers to host Gerrit on bare metal, 2 Bi Quad servers with 8 or 16 GB of RAM each and 2 fast 146 GB disks each, with RAID 10 for the 4 disks 14:10:25 #info The offer to host VMs for other servers on their oVirt based cloud 14:10:34 #undo 14:10:34 Removing item from minutes: 14:10:40 #info They offer to host VMs for other servers on their oVirt based cloud 14:10:56 #undo 14:10:56 Removing item from minutes: 14:10:58 #undo 14:10:58 Removing item from minutes: 14:11:09 #info Alter Way offers to host Jenkins on bare metal, 2 Bi Quad servers with 8 or 16 GB of RAM each and 2 fast 146 GB disks each, with RAID 10 for the 4 disks 14:11:23 #info They offer to host VMs for other servers on their oVirt based cloud 14:11:30 * ewoud here now 14:11:33 OK - finally got that right 14:11:35 +1 14:11:41 * ewoud reads backlog 14:12:17 #info In return, they ask that their hosting of those services be acknowledged in page footers of the services concerned, and that they be acknowledged as a sponsor of the project on the main project web page 14:12:39 #info In addition, they are very interested in having their cloud offering be a case study for oVirt 14:12:47 by comparison 14:13:22 that has to go through the board... 14:13:30 mburns, Of course 14:13:41 having a "sponsor" company that provides hosting... 14:13:43 #info by comparison the hosting spoonsor who served the actual page you get at http://www.fedoraproject.org is listed in the right-sidebar column at the bottom, as well as a sponsor page 14:13:46 They're basically offering ~$600 per month of hosting for free 14:14:03 more awesome, it's hosting on our own platform! 14:14:17 And yes, that was also something that is pretty awesome 14:14:30 But of course, what mburns said is correct 14:14:45 +1 Board is next, if we approve of the idea 14:14:46 #action dneary will bring Alter Way offer to the board for approval 14:14:53 #undo 14:14:53 Removing item from minutes: 14:14:57 well 14:14:59 OK - getting ahead of myself 14:15:03 yep 14:15:06 RobertM: input? 14:15:09 Is the config sufficient for our needs? 14:15:30 dneary: can you drop this to the infra@ list for approval? Only decisions made on a mailing list ... 14:16:16 Yes 14:16:24 I think it's something we can use 14:16:47 #action dneary to present Alter Way offer to infra@ mailing list, and if it meets with approval to submit to board@ for final approval 14:16:50 am wondering if there's physical space to expand the RAM 14:20:46 ewoud, I have been told that doing Jenkins build farms is something that they've done in the past 14:21:06 ewoud, And yes, I believe that they do have some big servers with a lot of RAM 14:21:20 ewoud, This is, to be clear, what they're prepared to offer to us for free 14:21:46 dneary: I know, just wondering what room there is for future expansion 14:22:33 and even then I'd probably +1 if board approves, assuming the service is reliable 14:22:44 lhornyak++ 14:22:57 :) 14:23:20 ewoud, OK 14:23:37 ewoud, Their main trade is hosting - I would expect them to be reliable 14:23:57 It goes without saying, though... 14:24:20 #info System administration will be in the hands of the oVirt community administrators 14:24:38 #info Alter Way will provide on-site backup for network and hardware issues when needed 14:24:50 (but the service agreement will be minimal) 14:24:59 dneary: I expect no issues either 14:35:53 ok, I'm distracted now 14:35:56 and I'm working on my email action 14:36:00 and that is all we had for today anyway 14:36:14 anything else or shall I close for this week? 14:36:29 rbergeron, You saw the press release announcing the name change process? 14:36:47 Oops - wrong channel 14:36:51 * dneary is gone 14:40:23 #endmeeting