[OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.6.20.1 on AIX 7.1

[Dave Botsch]

Hi, Tedd.

As I understand it, the ask from IBM would be for the donation of one
AIX license for the purposes of an OpenAFS buildbot? 

I'm not finding anything from Russ in this thread.

Thanks.

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 11:04:51PM +0000, Ted Creedon wrote:
> 1. I'l be willing to plead our case w/IBM, any shortcut names/emails?
> 2. What is the desired configuration (hw & sw)?
> 3. N.b I'm on a comcast dhcp line, fast & stable as long as there are no 24 hr shutdowns, I use dyndns to host my domain creedon.biz.
> 4. I have several boxen on an 3KVA UPS - works fine, lots of power avail.
> 5. My shop has A/C so servers  run continuously 24/7 year 'round.
> 6. After Russ's comments is it all going to  be worthwhile?
> 7. I have 3 afs servers on line (well as soon as  I can get afs re-installed)
> 8. I have geronimo.creedon.biz as a  spare build machine.
> time nice make -j500 takes 30 sec.  Its a duplicate of ookpik.creedon.biz dual xeon 64Gig, etc).
> (ookpik has a xeon phi board installed if anyone wants to play).
> 9. I built/maintain all my own servers (since 1967).
> 10. Backups are the user's resp. although my servers could easily host another afs domain.
> 
> ________________________________________
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 10:22:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.6.20.1 on AIX 7.1
> 
> Hi, Ted et al.
> 
> Please see below...
> 
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 09:25:35PM +0000, Ted Creedon wrote:
> > I just happen to have a spare dual xeon 64gb linux box that could be made available.
> > and smaller MAC w/ parallels on it.
> >
> > I also have a dual 64gb xeon w/ a xeon phi card in it too. cost ~$3K
> >
> > with a little effort...
> >
> > IBM generally  waives license fees for non profits.
> > tedc
> >
> 
> If you are willing to host on the HW mentioned above, as a non-profit,
> the Foundation can certainly make the ask of IBM. We would just need a
> bit more detail on the exact ask.
> 
> 
> > If what you meant was for the foundation
> > itself to pay for virtual build servers,
> > all that takes if for the foundation to
> > decide to spend real money.  I presume
> > they have considered that, but it might
> > be worth asking the question explicitly
> > if it has not been explicitly answered
> > (I really have not been following the
> > foundations activities).
> >
> 
> W.r.t. build hosts, we've been working with folk on attempting to get a
> Windows build host or two up. Now that we are into Feb 2017, I need to
> follow up on those efforts.
> 
> If there's an ask for the Foundation to spend $$ on something
> particular, be it build hosts, or even hiring someone to work on, say,
> the AIX port, please submit a formal ask to foundation@openafs.org .
> Contigent on funds, we will really consider it. And, donating any type
> of funding towards this (for example, your org donates a $10K stipend
> towards us hiring an independant contractor to work on AIX would go a
> long way).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > It might not even cost a lot (as I recall,
> > there are various on-demand builder
> > spin-up capabilities in at least some
> > SCMs so it is free until the commit),
> > but it is all work someone would have
> > to research.
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