Re: Buying storage for Berlin & Bayfront.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> As discussed on the maintainers ML, we came up with the following plan
> to solve our storage issue:
>
> 1. Buy 6 Samsung 8TB SSD drives[1] to form a btrfs RAID 10 array of 24TB.
> 2. Install them on Berlin to replace the HDD array.
> 3. Once the Berlin SAN is extended, ship the 6 drives to Bordeaux and
> connect them to bayfront.
>
> That would cost 614 * 6 = 3684 euros. To the spending committee: would
> you agree on this expense? Do we have the funds or do we need to ask the
> FSF first?

As a member of the spending committee I agree to these expenses.

We don’t have these funds to pay from directly, nor do we ask the FSF
for an advance.  The FSF money is only available through reimbursement.

Guix Europe might just have sufficient funds to advance the money; we
should replenish the Guix Europe accounts immediately by asking the FSF
to reimburse the expenses.

Andreas, does this sound okay?

Since the disks should be installed in berlin, it makes sense for me to
order and receive them.  If Guix Europe can reimburse me very soon, I
could pay them from my accounts first.

-- 
Ricardo