Question... are you only pricing for *one* rack?  I ask, because *one* rack
can fill pretty quick...

Ed

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:16 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll@intel.com>
wrote:

> > From: Wiles, Keith
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:57 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll@intel.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Membership costs:
> > > - Discussed potential membership costs. My proposal was ~$50-100k for
> > Gold, ~$5-$20k for Silver. Most agreed that this was a good starting
> > point for discussions.
> >
> > I thought we were trending toward the higher $100k range as the lab was
> > going cost a fair bit am I wrong here?
>
> The membership rates we decide on will need to strike a balance between
> raising budget and having a broad membership that's representative of the
> breadth of DPDK contributions/usage. If we choose a high figure it will
> limit the number of companies prepared to join. If we choose too low a
> number then we won't maximize our budget. We need to strike a balance
> between the two.
>
> The next step we agreed was for Mike to identify who's interested in
> membership (he's already posted on the moving list asking for contacts) and
> begin to have individual discussions with them. Feedback on membership
> rates from these discussions will help us to make a final decision.
>
> I think we need to be careful on lab costs. Some high figures have been
> mentioned based on FD.io, but from the beginning of these discussions we've
> agreed that we want a smaller scope and lower cost level for DPDK. Rough
> estimate for a full rack with a part time sys admin and a part time release
> engineer is ~$200k/year.
>
> We also discussed yesterday whether lab costs should be fully accounted
> for in the Gold membership fee, or if they should be handled separately.
> Mike will also ask about interest in the lab as part of his discussions
> which will help us to reach a conclusion on this.
>