52009-10-14 16:34:49IP-64-16-19-222.biz.sta.mtntel.net42009-09-23 15:17:35ClintonEbadi32009-09-23 12:02:47AdamChlipalaMy pledges22009-09-22 18:34:08ClintonEbadia few ideas from irc / the mailing list regarding paying for / insuring the migration12009-09-22 16:56:24ClintonEbadivery initial notes on paying for all of thisFinacial stuff ...

~$3500

~$600 for 1-2 months

Ideas for reducing the amount of time it takes us to repay the debt to members for migration.

We should not expect to cover all migration costs via donations, but we can probably offset a portion of it with a few donations from members. More than a few hundred would appreciably reduce the amortized cost of migration.

Please place your hcoop username and an amount you are willing to donate toward migration expenses here. adamc $100 clinton $100 bailey $100

ClintonEbadi did an extremely cursory search for completed listings on eBay for the following terms and found the general resale prices of the stock versions of our hardware. Dell PowerEdge 2850 2.8GHz: $250-$500 Sun Fire v20z: $450 but No results for 1.16GHz or 242 (Opteron model #) -- these were all for 2.4GHz+ machines Made up number: $200-$300 IBM xSeries 335: $200 We did add very expensive drives and have lightly used them -- they may be worth more than the system itself StarTech IP KVM: $300 (for an SV1107 -- we have an SV1110... but this looks like the rackable version of ours) Belkin OmniView Pro 8 Port: $65-$100 So, maybe $900-$1200 if we are lucky.

If the migration fails for some reason HCoop would be pretty doomed. As such, we have to ensure that member balances can be repaid in the unlikely absolute worst case. To this end we should set a fixed timeline before we are either going to be migrated or abandon our migration setup.

adamc $200 clinton $500 ($400 if donations are accepted to offset initial costs) bailey $200