[libreoffice-projects] minutes of ESC call ...

[Bjoern Michaelsen]

On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 04:29:41PM +0100, Michael Meeks wrote:
>     + HackFest 'pack' / box / Virtual Machines / etc. ?
>         + idea of the Virtual-Boxes is rather good (Kendy)
>             + don't want to discourage that.
>         + Peli-cases for hack-fests would be cool
>             + 1x powerful machine for icecream master & slave
>             + fast switch & some ethernet cables, power blocks etc.
>         + At Gran Canaria - wifi was somewhat flaky etc.
>             + unable to use icecream - no wired connection.
>         + Still have hardware to try out (Bjoern)
>             + can bring to Paris - some quadro / quad CPU thingit
>               (TDF-owned Sun Ultra 24 with Q9650)
>             + if we buy new hardware: something like tinderboxes
>               we have or ...
>             + alternatives (from ebay):
>                 + refurbished HP DL165 with 24 cores at 1.5K EUR at 1HU/15kg
>                 + refurbished Lenovo W520s at ~1K EUR each (and plane-suitable)
>         + total cost sub Eur 5k
> AI:         + add it to the next Board budget extensions (Michael)
>                 + bit expensive if H/W sits idle rest of the year (Bjoern)
>         + happy to have it at his place as a tinderbox the rest of
>           the time (Kendy)
>         + something that would be permitted to travel with a person
>           on a plane (Thorsten)
>              + problems getting people to accept that stuff at the
>                target location etc. would be a shame to loose it.
> AI:     + budget for Amazon VM's for hack-fests (Thorsten)

Ok, this viciously Canonical/Ubuntu branded, but its 10xi5 and it fits on a
plane in a Pelican box:

 http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2014/05/the-orange-box-cloud-for-free-man.html

Best,

Bjoern