New WineHQ Server

[Jeremy White]

Hi Folks,

As you probably saw, we have deployed a new server to replace our 5 year 
old work horse.  This new server will hopefully hold us for the next 5 
years.  It's got good specs; 6 core Xeon, 32G of RAM (easily expandable 
to 128), raid 10 (also easily expandable).

In a particularly nice development, this server was purchased by the 
Software Freedom Conservancy using funds provided by a donor.  This 
donor doesn't want a particularly big fuss made out of it, and so 
prefers that I not announce a name publicly.

I'd like to thread this needle somewhat carefully, as *I* think it's a 
remarkably generous gift.  So I propose that, at our next convenient 
opportunity, we all lift a glass in appreciation of anonymous donors 
everywhere!

Cheers,

Jeremy

[Jerome Leclanche]

Congrats on the new server guys. And thanks to the anonymous donor. :)
J. Leclanche

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jeremy White  wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> As you probably saw, we have deployed a new server to replace our 5 year old
> work horse.  This new server will hopefully hold us for the next 5 years.
> It's got good specs; 6 core Xeon, 32G of RAM (easily expandable to 128),
> raid 10 (also easily expandable).
>
> In a particularly nice development, this server was purchased by the
> Software Freedom Conservancy using funds provided by a donor.  This donor
> doesn't want a particularly big fuss made out of it, and so prefers that I
> not announce a name publicly.
>
> I'd like to thread this needle somewhat carefully, as *I* think it's a
> remarkably generous gift.  So I propose that, at our next convenient
> opportunity, we all lift a glass in appreciation of anonymous donors
> everywhere!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy

[Scott Ritchie]

Has traffic/demand on server resources been climbing over the years?
I'm pretty sure usage has gone up, but that's not necessarily directly
correlated with website hits.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Jerome Leclanche  wrote:
> Congrats on the new server guys. And thanks to the anonymous donor. :)
> J. Leclanche
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jeremy White  wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > As you probably saw, we have deployed a new server to replace our 5 year old
> > work horse.  This new server will hopefully hold us for the next 5 years.
> > It's got good specs; 6 core Xeon, 32G of RAM (easily expandable to 128),
> > raid 10 (also easily expandable).
> >
> > In a particularly nice development, this server was purchased by the
> > Software Freedom Conservancy using funds provided by a donor.  This donor
> > doesn't want a particularly big fuss made out of it, and so prefers that I
> > not announce a name publicly.
> >
> > I'd like to thread this needle somewhat carefully, as *I* think it's a
> > remarkably generous gift.  So I propose that, at our next convenient
> > opportunity, we all lift a glass in appreciation of anonymous donors
> > everywhere!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeremy

[Michael Stefaniuc]

On 07/11/2014 02:27 AM, Scott Ritchie wrote:
> Has traffic/demand on server resources been climbing over the years?
> I'm pretty sure usage has gone up, but that's not necessarily directly
> correlated with website hits.

That wasn't the reason the server was replaced. It was 5 years old and
CodeWeavers run out of spare parts for it.

The new server was sized to be able to run VMs on it.

bye
    michael
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Jerome Leclanche  wrote:
> > Congrats on the new server guys. And thanks to the anonymous donor. :)
> > J. Leclanche
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jeremy White  wrote:
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > As you probably saw, we have deployed a new server to replace our 5 year old
> > > work horse.  This new server will hopefully hold us for the next 5 years.
> > > It's got good specs; 6 core Xeon, 32G of RAM (easily expandable to 128),
> > > raid 10 (also easily expandable).
> > >
> > > In a particularly nice development, this server was purchased by the
> > > Software Freedom Conservancy using funds provided by a donor.  This donor
> > > doesn't want a particularly big fuss made out of it, and so prefers that I
> > > not announce a name publicly.
> > >
> > > I'd like to thread this needle somewhat carefully, as *I* think it's a
> > > remarkably generous gift.  So I propose that, at our next convenient
> > > opportunity, we all lift a glass in appreciation of anonymous donors
> > > everywhere!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Jeremy