Possibility of Fedora sponsoring a Freenode server

[Nigel Jones]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Nick Bebout <nick at bebout.net> wrote:
> What is everyone's thoughts about us sponsoring a Freenode server?  Their
> general requirements are noted on http://freenode.net/hosting_ircd.shtml
> and I've discussed them with mmcgrath and he has said they seem doable,
> probably on telia1 or osuosl1.  Basically we'd be providing them a xen,
> guest with about 1.5 or 2 GB ram, client servers should expect to sustain
> around 1Mbps of traffic, with much higher peaks. Total usage for client
> servers is usually around 320 gigabytes per month, while hidden hubs are
> generally much lower overall.
>
> We'd be giving them at least a user account on it, they prefer sudo if
> possible.  They handle the day-to-day administering of the ircd, either
> scp'ing new binaries or compiling the ircd on the server itself, and
> copying new config files to there.
>
> I've talked to their sponsor liaison and they seem to be interested.  Mike
> and I wanted to discuss it on here before I send the actual "proposal"
> email.
>
> I think it would be a good idea, especially since we use them so much for
> our IRC channels, it'd be nice to contribute a server back to the network.
Sorry but I'd put a -1 on this.

There was a discussion/proposal (via Trac) from mdomsch there and I
know I put some reasons down.  Heres a few though:

* Freenode already have an osuosl server iirc
* Have we discussed this w/ our sponsors, they've been giving us
space/bandwidth to do stuff that would benefit Fedora Project
directly.
* Freenode has had a lot of DDOS attacks recently, putting a sponsor
under the potential for such strain is silly.

I'd also say that the Board should have some say on this.

-- Nigel Jones