On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 11:04:40PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
Here are the things that are taken into consideration when the DSA
folks
evaluate a new buildd offer:
- local admin is a DD (or other known quantity) who knows the
architecture
*and* is available when maintenance is needed
- the type of machine -- proc speed, bus speed, disk capacity,
memory, and
whether the hardware is of a class that can actually handle
sustained
uptimes as expected
A bit more detail about that: one CPU of a DS20E with lots of RAM is
enough to keep up with building. I guess another machine of about this
strength would be perfect.