[Atlas-anchors-pilot] RIPE Atlas Anchors to be Single-Service System

[Sascha E. Pollok]

Hi Vesna,

> On 23/08/13 11:23 , Tore Anderson wrote:
>> However, this thread reminds me of a question I never got a reply to:
>
> I'm sorry about that, it slipped from my attention/mailbox...
>
>> * Vesna Manojlovic
>>
>>> Reviewing the results of our pilot phase, we came to the conclusion that
>>> the best solution is to build the anchors as a single-service system
>>> rather than host multiple services on the same box. Because of that, we
>>> will use more modest hardware for the anchors in the next phases of the
>>> project. However, we will continue to provide support for the anchors
>>> you are currently using for duration of your service contract.
>>
>> Hi Vesna,
>>
>> Which service contract is that? The warranty contract we have with Dell?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Or the membership contract our LIR has with the NCC?
>
> No.
>
> Actually, that's a good question -- in the pilot, we only had members as
> hosts of anchor boxes, but in the production that condition is not there
> any more...
>
>>   Better yet, give me a date. :-)
>
> <joke>
> We can have a date any time :)
> </joke>
>
> Seriously -- we would want you all to replace your Del boxes when the
> support contract expires, or earlier.
>
> If you all prefer to have a cut-of date, we can agree on that too,
> buut since it would be in such far away future, I would rather not
> commit to the specific date right now.
>
> If I _have_ to give you a date, it would be 1st January 2016.
>
> But let's talk about this with the rest of the group:
> what do you guys prefer?
>
> The actual contract expiration date, or the cut-off date from NCC side?
> (if former, we will rermind you a year before, and then 6 months & 3
> months before it expires...)

I would prefer keeping this expensive server running until the end of 
the service contract to at least justify buying an expensive hardware (a 
type of hardware I would normally not buy and can not use right now 
elsewhere in the network or datacenter). If I replace it earlier, I 
would have to justify why. Any decommissioning of the existing hardware 
before that date is mostly a waste of money.

Cheers!
Sascha