[Toolserver-l] Toolserver-l Digest, Vol 42, Issue 1

[Larry Pieniazek]

River? Do you take Paypal? That root access package sounds like a bargain!
But with all the spoofs out there, it's hard to tell who is who. So I really
know it's you, please send EUR 1 to my paypal account (email, below...) it
will be refunded in my return payment, of course.

However... I agree with Bryan, why no progress on the Counterstrike server?

Larry Pieniazek
Hobby mail: Lar at Miltontrainworks dot com  

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> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:24:51 +0100
> From: River Tarnell <river at loreley.flyingparchment.org.uk>
> Subject: [Toolserver-l] Toolserver paid accounts
> To: toolserver-announce at lists.wikimedia.org
> Cc: toolserver-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <20090401012451.GY4696 at loreley.flyingparchment.org.uk>
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> hi,
> 
> as you are no doubt aware, the Toolserver is perennially 
> short of money, and often cannot afford to buy 
> hardware/software which would greatly improve the reliability 
> of the service.  after much internal discussion, we have 
> decided upon a solution to this problem, which we will be 
> trialling shortly: paid accounts.
> 
> this works as follows:  basic Toolserver accounts remain 
> free.  however, the functionality of these accounts will be 
> limited; free users cannot use more than 64MB RAM, or 256MB 
> of disk space, and cannot use more than 1 CPU-hour of CPU 
> time per day.  (this means CPU use is limited to, for 
> example, 1 process using 100% of a single CPU for 1 hour, per 
> day.)  we will allow disallow some additional features for 
> free accounts: cron; screen; email forwarding; phpMyAdmin and 
> Subversion hosting.  web hosting will still be available.
> 
> because one of the main uses of the Toolserver is the 
> replicated Wikimedia databases, we will be allowing this even 
> to free users.  however, each account will be limited to 25 
> queries per day.  this should be fine for occasional queries.
> 
> for users who need more than these basic resources, it will 
> be possible to purchase additional resources.  instead of 
> having a single "paid account"
> price, we decided to allow the purchase of individual 
> resources.  this means you can pay for only what you need.  
> the initial pricing structure (which is subject to change) is:
> 
> * phpMyAdmin: EUR1/month
> * cron: EUR5/month
> * screen: EUR5/month
> * unlimited SQL queries on *one* cluster: EUR2.50/month
> * 'upgrade package' (includes phpMyAdmin, cron, screen and 
> unlimited queries
>   for all clusters): EUR15/month
> 
> * additional 64MB of RAM: EUR5/month
> * additional 256MB of disk space: EUR5/month
> * one Subversion repository: EUR2.50/month
> * 'upgrade plus' package (includes upgrade package, plus the 
> above): EUR25/month
> 
> other features:
> * premium support: EUR5/month (gives priority to your 
> ts-admins@ requests), as
>   well as telephone support (subject to fair usage limits)
> * one stable server project: EUR5/month
> * dedicated virtual machine (Solaris zone), including root 
> access: EUR10/month.
> 
> for users who need to buy more upgrades, for example a large 
> amount of disk space, bulk purchase discounts will be 
> available; please contact ts-admins@ for details on this.
> 
> we will wait a few weeks before implementing this change, to 
> give users a chance to decide what resources they need.  you 
> can purchase your paid account in advance, and it won't take 
> effect until we make the change.  please mail ts-admins@ for 
> instructions on how to pay.
> 
> we hope this change will improve the Toolserver experience 
> for all users, and provide the much-needed funding we need to 
> continue growing.  if you have any comments or suggestions 
> about this proposal, please discuss them on the list.
> 
> thanks for understanding,
> 	- river.
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