[opensolaris-summit] Welcome to the "many kings of the hill"-syndrome... / was: Re: Parking, biking, and Friday setup

[Glynn Foster]

Hey,

Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 07/10/2007, Al Hopper <al at logical-approach.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Oct 2007, Jesse Silver wrote:
>>
>>> Very sorry Roland; UCSC was not particularly keen on receiving a 125 kg
>>> server in the mail.
>> Very disappointing.  I think Roland has the right idea - with a
>> powerful, central, stable big box.  What is UCSCs specific objection
>> to the M5000 box?  It does not *have* to be racked/stacked.  It can
>> just be "dropped" on the floor.  We will need enough power/cooling -
>> but it does not specifically require a server room environment.
> 
> I seem to remember Sara making a comment about shipping charges,
> remember, they do have a budget :}

If we were there for a longer period I'd say go for it, but we're not. If I
thought that the proportion of attendees were going to be spending their time
hacking on it I'd say go for it, but I don't think that's likely. Unfortunately
the reality is that we have a budget [1] to keep to, and flying people over took
the priority. Do I think that it's the cause for disappointment? Sure. Do I
think the summit will be significantly worse off because of it? Sorry, no.

How possible is it to use some of the test farm infrastructure? Jim?


Glynn

[1] In some cases, you actually have to *hire* these machines, even though it's
    from the same company - add to that shipping, and it starts getting
    expensive quickly.