[SAC] QGIS servers

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 24-09-13 16:37, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>
>     Can OSGeo provide us either
>     one big bare-metal machine, so we could try/do the Docker scenario
>     (preferred option!!)
>     OR
>     provide us with enough virtual machines so we could partition
>     different beasts better
>     OR
>     should we try to fund a hetzner server for QGIS (actually: "should
>     OSGeo try compete with commercial services like Hetzner for this
>     kind of questions").
>
>
> It seems you have already made up your mind to ask the question in this way.

Honestly: no

/me is a pretty loyal guy. So I prefer a nice server in the OSGeo rack 
to use. But I'm also aware that we are pretty demanding, and think that 
it is pretty hard to run this kind of servers that cheap ...

> All that said, I'm not adverse to OSGeo purchasing an additional server
> to place at OSU OSL and making it available.  This likely would take a
> number of weeks to complete.

Ok, let's wait for some other input/opinions.

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde