[dpdk-moving] Minutes from "Moving DPDK to Linux Foundation" call, January 24th

O'Driscoll, Tim tim.odriscoll at intel.com
Wed Jan 25 18:10:26 CET 2017


We haven’t yet agreed that we definitely need a lab, how big it needs to be, and how much it will cost. Our team in PRC have been working on a proposal, but with their New Year holidays that’s a couple of weeks away from being ready to share with the community.

The scope we’ve been discussing for the lab is quite small when compared to FD.io’s CSIT project. It would be a reference lab to provide independent performance data and to identify any performance regression. The ~$200k I quoted for a single rack is really the minimum starting point. If we agree we need more and have the budget to cover it, then we can expand beyond that.

Mike will explore interest in the lab as part of his discussions, and we’ll also have one of our PRC team present the proposal to the community when they return from their New Year holiday. After that, we’ll know more about the level of interest in the lab and the cost associated with it.


Tim

From: Ed Warnicke [mailto:hagbard at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 4:31 PM
To: O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll at intel.com>
Cc: Wiles, Keith <keith.wiles at intel.com>; moving at dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-moving] Minutes from "Moving DPDK to Linux Foundation" call, January 24th

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 at intel.com<mailto:tim.odriscoll at intel.com>> wrote:
> From: Wiles, Keith
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:57 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll at intel.com<mailto:tim.odriscoll at 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.

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