| 4 | | 1) to address the need to increase MFPL backup capabilities,[[BR]] |
| 5 | | 2) to have part of our infrastructure located in a different set of legal conditions, those ruling telecommunications in México, which will eventually bring progressive mexican lawyer(s) close to our work to back us up,[[BR]] |
| 6 | | 3) to give a concrete initiative for the local support team to engage in MFPL development and to start collaborate locally,[[BR]] |
| 7 | | 4) to create conditions to share sysadmin skills in a process what will benefit mexican counterparts by providing us guidance and the experience and background from the US tech-team,[[BR]] |
| 8 | | 5) to share responsibilities with local techies in the maintenance and development of MFPL infrastructure. |
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| | 4 | 1. to address the need to increase MFPL backup capabilities,[[BR]] |
| | 5 | 1. to have part of our infrastructure located in a different set of legal conditions, those ruling telecommunications in México, which will eventually bring progressive mexican lawyer(s) close to our work to back us up,[[BR]] |
| | 6 | 1. to give a concrete initiative for the local support team to engage in MFPL development and to start collaborate locally,[[BR]] |
| | 7 | 1. to create conditions to share sysadmin skills in a process what will benefit mexican counterparts by providing us guidance and the experience and background from the US tech-team,[[BR]] |
| | 8 | 1. to share responsibilities with local techies in the maintenance and development of MFPL infrastructure. |
| 18 | | A recent server installation experience in the Heirich Boell Found give us a sense of what are the prices of a Dell PowerEdge R310 server, bought and delivered in México City. [https://support.mayfirst.org/attachment/wiki/projects/server-colocation-mexico/HardwareInventory_9JMFZV1_20121226T121130.xml Specifications as reported by the BIOS attached here][[BR]] |
| 19 | | [https://support.mayfirst.org/attachment/wiki/projects/server-colocation-mexico/PowerEdgeR310.pdf The cost offered by Dell] without the Embedded Management Card:iDRAC6 Enterprise was close to MXN $61,000 (USD $4,690 by Dec 26th) |
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| | 21 | * Criteria:[[BR]] |
| | 22 | * Hot-swap disk drives: disk drives are the most common hardware replacement item |
| | 23 | * Purchase Hard disks separately. Dell hard disks are significantly more expensive then comparable disks bought elsewhere. |
| | 24 | * Options |
| | 25 | * A recent server installation experience in the Heirich Boell Found give us a sense of what are the prices of a Dell PowerEdge R310 server, bought and delivered in México City. [https://support.mayfirst.org/attachment/wiki/projects/server-colocation-mexico/HardwareInventory_9JMFZV1_20121226T121130.xml Specifications as reported by the BIOS attached here]. [https://support.mayfirst.org/attachment/wiki/projects/server-colocation-mexico/PowerEdgeR310.pdf The cost offered by Dell] without the Embedded Management Card:iDRAC6 Enterprise was close to MXN $61,000 (USD $4,690 by Dec 26th) |
