Re: requirements for a Windows build bot and cws box

Pavel Janík wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 8.1.2010, at 12:25, Martin Hollmichel wrote:
>
>>> finally I come to the following proposal:
>>>
>>> 1 virtual machine running a Windows7 64bit instance with Visual 
>>> Studio Standard installed for the Windows tinderbox.
>>> 2 additional virtual windows machines available for Developers, with 
>>> the Express Version installed. In case we discover that we need more 
>>> parallel sessions available, we consider the installation of Windows 
>>> Server.
>>> the Virtual Boxes will be hosted on a Quad Core, 12 GB RAM machine 
>>> in a data center
>>>
>>> any comments ?
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Funding_And_Budgets/Developer/WindowsBox#Proposal_for_a_Windows_Box 
>>>
>>>
>> Pavel, Thorsten, you may want to comment or approve these spendings 
>> for the developer budget ?
>
> +1 for the Windows box/server. We desperately need communi Windows 
> machine. I;d go with terminal services directly from the beginning.
>
> -1 for the regular yearly payment for the hosting services. Can we do 
> it better/cheeper? Can anyone offer/sponsor this service for us?
please keep in mind that this yearly payment includes 100MBit and 
unlimitted traffic, that also will allow the download of builded cws, I 
think it's worth the price, but I'm open for better or cheaper offers, 
how long we want to wait for those offers ?

Martin