[FFmpeg-devel] [Ffmpeg-admins] Choosing a new host

Joshua Ward jward at nexcess.net
Wed Jul 22 19:14:45 CEST 2015


Michael,

Thanks for the additional details. Let me see what I can do and get back
with you later today.

Regards,


--
Josh Ward
Nexcess - Beyond Hosting
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Southfield, MI  48075
Phone: +1.866.639.2377
Fax:   +1.248.281.0473
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc
> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 03:42:39PM -0500, Joshua Ward wrote:
> > @Jerry - Thanks for the introduction.
> >
> > @Micahel - It's good to meet you. I think there are a few things we could
> > potentially provide. I'm just curious what type of server specs you're
> > looking for, and if you require any management services on our part.
> Please
> > let me know and I'll outline some options.
>
> sorry for the delay in my reply
>
> we are looking for a free dedicated server, the exact specs are not
> critical. a fast CPU would be nice as our bug tracker is rather slow
> nothing else ATM needs a fast CPU though
> something like 64gb ram would be nice so we could move to virtualize
> all our services for better security and seperation. Currently we
> dont strongly seperate them and thus dont strictly need lots of ram.
>
> in terms of management, we might very very rarely need help if theres
> some serious issue that cannot be fixed remotely. Like failing hw
> or the box failing to come up after reboot.
>
> OS would likely be ubuntu 14.04 LTS for ease of moving things over
>
> Thanks
>
> PS: also, if you like to have this discussion in public you could
> add the public ffmpeg-devel Mailing list to CC
> (https://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel/)
> i think all sourceforge mailing lists are dead ATM so i think
> iam the only receiving your mail as iam in CC
>
>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Josh Ward
> > Nexcess - Beyond Hosting
> > 21700 Melrose Ave.
> > Southfield, MI  48075
> > Phone: +1.866.639.2377
> > Fax:   +1.248.281.0473
> > https://twitter.com/nexcess
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Jerry Eadeh <jeadeh at nexcess.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Michael,
> > >
> > > Thanks again for responding.  I am going to loop in one of my
> colleagues
> > > who will gladly work with you to send over a proposal with hardware
> > > specifications and pricing.  I think he may have a few more questions
> > > before getting the proposal to you.
> > >
> > > We would love to work with your team and help to offer a hosting
> solution
> > > that meets your needs.  Please meet Josh Ward, and @Josh please meet
> > > Michael Niedermayer.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Michael Niedermayer <
> > > michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 10:36:09AM -0400, Jerry Eadeh wrote:
> > >> > Hello,
> > >> >
> > >> > I was contacted by one of our system administrators, who informed me
> > >> that
> > >> > your team is looking for a new hosting provider.  If you are
> interested
> > >> in
> > >> > discussing further, please feel free to reach out to me directly.
> My
> > >> > contact info is listed below.
> > >>
> > >> iam not sure someone already replied or not but, yes we are searching
> > >> for a new server and place to host it.
> > >>
> > >> we atm have a relatively cheap box in germany as a temporary solution
> > >> what exactly would your offer be ?
> > >>
> > >> One box that was offered to us so far would be a
> > >> 64gb ram 3.7ghz 4tb disk 500mbps guranteed prepaid for 2 years hosted
> at
> > >> OVH
> > >> some people had doubts about OVH though and the question of what would
> > >> be after 2 years came up
> > >>
> > >> but something similar would be interresting
> > >> Is that something that you could provide ?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> [...]
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Michael     GnuPG fingerprint:
> 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB
> > >>
> > >> Its not that you shouldnt use gotos but rather that you should write
> > >> readable code and code with gotos often but not always is less
> readable
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Jerry Eadeh
> > > Nexcess - Beyond Hosting
> > > 21700 Melrose Ave.
> > > Southfield, MI 48076
> > > Phone: +1.866.639.2377
> > > Fax:   +1.248.281.0473*http://twitter.com/nexcess <
> http://twitter.com/nexcess>*
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB
>
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