Jon, Yes, please start a page on Meta with cache, memory, and mass storage geometries for all the different classes of servers in use if there isn't one already. A lot of MySQL users are reporting large speed-ups with flash instead of disk, and we should measure the price/performance of local vendors for that. FusionIO got a decent write-up in the April ;Login: magazine. Also we should agendize and fund the MakerFaire booth so if someone forgets to buy something we need for it whoever ends up paying for it can get reimbursed. Also, the West Coast Wikipedia Day unconference should be a project so we can afford to host it. Can we all agree to conduct business on the email list, or should we try to conduct business on Meta? I'm partial to trying to conduct business on Meta for the purposes of eating our own dog food. Regards, James Salsman On May 4, 2010 10:19 PM, "Jon Davis" <wiki(a)konsoletek.com> wrote: I'm all for uber toolservers, and I'm more than happy to be involved with said project. I do have some other nefarious idea's for how to use a chapter to advance evil agendas... that being said - what's the real point of having a chapter? I mean, I know they are non-profits, but besides that I guess I'm confused as to how _we_ (Californian's) will use it? Looking at the projects we currently do (Just from the SF Bay perspective) and those that we want to do - how will having a chapter help get them done quicker/easier/faster/cheaper/whateverer? As a random note back to toolservers, there are many hosting facilities in NorCal. I've priced many of them for my real job. They are by no means unbelievably expensive, but they are by no means cheap either. I'm not sure what WMGermany is paying (if someone knows, or can point my in that direction, I'd be interested) but we're looking at a general minimum of $100/mo for a 1U server with 1mbit/s. That isn't exactly...much... and doesn't count the cost of actually buying the server. Simply to have a mirror of all the databases is going to take a lot more horsepower and hard drive space (And therefor lots more money, upfront and monthly). I realize we can probably get the foundation to give us some of their servers next they remove a series for service... but I'm just thinking broadly there. -Jon On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 21:35, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ "This email should not be used to sue me" -- Bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-california mailing list Wikimedia-california(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-california