Merlissimo <merl(a)toolserver.org> wrote:
> Toolserver is in fact hosted by the Wikimedia
Foundation today, in our
> Amsterdam data-center. [..] We also maintain the database replication
> on our end which enables tools to function.
I don't know all internal systems, but i think by
maintaining you mean: grant access to mysql binlogs, traffic
costs and sometimes creating a dump.
Why can WMF not administrate the hole database
replication
servers for toolserver users in short-term if WMDE should
not spend money on this anymore? Setting up new replication
servers at production system is done quite often. Adding
views for hiding private data and adding access control
based on toolserver ldap should be possible. The rest of the
toolserver infrastructure won't be touched by this change.
[...]
Apparently, it is not that smooth for WMF admins
(
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.toolserver/3166):
| > one obvious solution would be to treat the Toolserver database servers
| > as part of WMF's domain so they can use their SOPs (*1) to maintain
| > them instead of manually coordinating with the Toolserver admins (or
| > not).
| I don't think that would be any easier. Our database systems are
| completely different from theirs, so it would require all WMF admins to
| learn (and remember) a new procedure before they could change anything
| on their side. Since they usually don't think to notify us of major
| changes in advance, I don't think they would be very happy with that.
Tim