ArchiveTeam: Changes to our infrastructure and use of donations
10 hours ago
- #cost-saving
- #infrastructure
- #donations
- Major infrastructure changes for Archive Team projects, including tracker, backfeed, Gitea, and transfer.archivete.am.
- Fusl, previously covering costs, can no longer do so fully; transition to colocated hardware in Germany for long-term savings.
- Hetzner costs reduced from 1000-1200 EUR/month to 200-250 EUR/month; colocation costs ~360 EUR/month (160 fixed + ~200 energy).
- New hardware cost ~15k EUR, with break-even in ~2 years compared to Hetzner costs, offering better resources.
- Open Collective funds to cover part of costs; transparency in transactions considered (e.g., IRC bot for updates).
- Call for community donations via Open Collective to support ongoing costs, shifting financial responsibility from Fusl to the community.