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Hello Sponsors!

This "sponsorship" feature is intended for use in AOSC's hardware and service purchases. Due to the lack of financial account or management infrastructure (as intended), we require pre-designated usage for all donations in the form of Crowdsourcing.

Current Status

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Last Crowdsourcing Project

(Closed December 2, 2023)

To improve reliability and access performance for our repository server, we plan to deploy a new repository server at Aperture Internet Laboratory's Hong Kong location. The new server will:

• Be built upon an ASUS RS700A-E9-RS12V2 based on AMD's EPYC 7002 platform.
• Provide much higher computational (AMD Zen2 versus Skylake) and storage performance (NVMe SSDs versus SATA HDDs).

Budget

We would need to purchase the following, in addition to the supplied/sponsored components listed in the sections below, in order to deploy this new repository server:

• Processors: 2 * AMD EPYC 7282 (16 cores, 32 threads @ 2.8 - 3.2GHz) - CNY ¥460 * 2 = ¥920
• Power Supply: AcBel R1CA2801A @ 800W - CNY ¥220
• Network Interface: Mellanox ConnectX-4 MCX4421A-ACQN (OCP 2.0) @ 25GbE - CNY ¥180
• Cables: 2 * OCuLink to SFF-8611 cables - CNY ¥75 * 2 = 150

Progress: CNY ¥ 1,589.19/1,470 (excess funds reimbursed)

Note: The purchase coordinator will purchase the parts in advance for testing - this crowdsourcing will reimburse his expenses.