[pypy-dev] Colo in Germany for the Windows build slave?

[Nathaniel Smith]

If there's a need for win32 hosting then it's also possible that someone
like Microsoft would be willing to donate time on azure, which might be
simpler than trying to work out colo stuff.

On Nov 1, 2016 9:10 AM, "Matti Picus" <matti.picus at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25/10/16 22:49, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>>
>> I've been running the Windows build slave for the last ~1.5 years, but
>> all good things come to an end, and I've been informed that I must shutdown
>> the machine by the end of the year (that was the bad news).
>>
>> The "good" news is that I've been promised that I can have the hardware,
>> so, in theory, if I can find colo to host it (Germany, preferably Cologne
>> area), I can replace the hard drives, reshuffle the RAM, reinstall the
>> system and plug it back in. If memory serves me well, it's an old Dell
>> PowerEdge R710 rack mount server (2U).
>>
>> It used to run other VMs unrelated to the PyPy project, but I only plan
>> to use it to host build VMs for OSS projects that I'm involved in after
>> "decommissioning". Any takers? I think it would be best to talk via private
>> email to avoid annoying list subscribers.
>>
>> Hey Yury. Thanks for running the win32 buildbot. When you say "colo to
> host it", what are you actually looking for? Electricity, airconditioning,
> and internet connection?
> This could be someone's office or private residence or are you thinking of
> some kind of hosting service?
> Not that I live anywhere near Cologne, but maybe better defining the
> request might help tease out a response here...
> Matti
>
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