[blag-whereto] fsf come up trumps

[john maclean]

2009/4/30 r7 <r7 at aktivix.org>:
> hi all
>
> here's a conversation i had earlier this evening with djbclark:
>
> ========================================================================
> 18:02 < r7> djbclark: hey
> 18:02  * r7 is from the blag collective [in case you weren't aware]
> 18:03 < r7> we had a meeting last night
> 18:03 < r7> and were wondering where we were up to with the fsf offer on
> server space
> 18:04 < r7> if you prefer we can have this conversation in
> irc.indymedia.org #blag as it's off-topic here
> 21:43 < djbclark> r7: I guess I'll have to be assimalted ;-) -- so we
> can get you a virtual machine now, but with about 1/2 the disk space you
> requested; we can get you more disk space in arond 1-3 weeks most likely.
> 21:45 < djbclark> r7: If everything will be mirrored elsewhere (which
> really should be the case anyway :-), might be able to get you up with
> like an esata non-raid 500GB drive just for blag next week; major
> downside would be time to get back up should the disk die (we'd need to
> travel to co-lo), and time to reload with data from offsite.
> 21:45 < r7> that's cool
> 21:45 < djbclark> r7: or if you'd prefer space and can sacrifice a whole
> lot of bandwidth, might be able to put you behind the office T1 for a bit.
> 21:45  * r7 will pass that on
> 21:46 < djbclark> (with random 500GB disk)


Non-raid. get mirroring and rsyncing.


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John Maclean
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