Possibility of Fedora sponsoring a Freenode server

[Mike McGrath]

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Nigel Jones wrote:

> 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.
>

I think the good citizen thing to do for freenode would be to host a
server.  We do use them extensively, giving back is the right thing to do.
But the above points do give me serious pause and are good points.  What
do other think?

	-Mike