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Title: PIVX Dev Servers (Aug - Oct 2019)
Name: DevServersAugOct2019
Term: 3 Cycles
Cycle Amnt: 825 PIV
Total Amnt: 2475 PIV
Author: Fuzzbawls
Receiver: Fuzzbawls
Address: DFAWTcfSn3sv8pj5sPcYw2xsGdJWGzfzFs
Created: 2019-07-19
Status: Active
Vote Hash: 7f9d90265921466129d48b86002411257bd18efddebeb2fe2a23fe6efda2f28bAbstract
This document outlines the funding for the PIVX Core Dev Server Infrastructure. These server machines are vital to the daily tasks carried out by the PIVX Core Dev Team, or in providing public informational / back-end services.
The Servers
We are currently operating and maintaining 7 servers, each with their own functions as detailed below:
| Group 1: Maintained by Random.Zebra | ||
| Mainnet Dev Explorer | CPU: 4 x 2.60 GHz RAM: 16384 MB Storage: 160 GB Bandwidth: 16 TB | Runs https://explorer.pivx.link (Mainnet Block Explorer) |
| Mainnet Dev Blockbook | CPU: 4 x 2.60 GHz RAM: 16384 MB Storage: 160 GB Bandwidth: 16 TB | Runs https://blockbook.pivx.link (Mainnet Trezor Backend) |
| Testnet Dev Explorer | CPU: 2 x 2.60 GHz RAM: 8192 MB Storage: 80 GB Bandwidth: 8 TB | Runs https://testnet.pivx.link (Testnet Block Explorer) |
| Testnet Dev Blockbook | CPU: 2 x 2.60 GHz RAM: 8192 MB Storage: 80 GB Bandwidth: 8 TB | Runs https://blockbook-testnet.pivx.link (Testnet Trezor Backend) |
| Testnet Faucet | CPU: 2 x 2.60 GHz RAM: 8192 MB Storage: 80 GB Bandwidth: 8 TB | Runs https://faucet.pivx.link (Testnet faucet) |
| Group 2: Maintained by Mrs-X | ||
| Testnet SuperServer | Dedicated Intel Xeon-D 8 Cores 2133MHz 64 GB ECC-RAM 2x SSD NVMe 500 GB 10 GBit network 50 IPv4 (+ unlimited IPv6) | Runs 50 Testnet MNs + a dedicated Testnet Staking wallet. Future expansion of services in review. |
| Group 3: Maintained by Fuzzbawls | ||
| Build Server (Colocation) | Quad Xeon E5645 CPUs 24 Cores @ 2.4Ghz 192 GB RAM | Dedicated Build/Compile server. |
Other servers not included in this proposal are the DNS Seeders, supporting nodes for SPMT/PET4L, Android fallback seed nodes, and personal testnet staking nodes.
Budget Requirements and Cost
The costs are divided into three server groups:
- Group 1: Explorers, Blockbooks, Faucet - 225 PIV/mo
- Group 2: Testnet MNs and Staking node(s) - 400 PIV/mo
- Group 3: Build Server - 200 PIV/mo
The proposal amount being asked is the minimum required to cover actual costs, and we won’t be asking for any additional funds to cover our time spent maintaining/operating these servers or their services. We are also not asking for reimbursement of the 50 PIV proposal submission fee.
Actual costs are incurred as either USD or EUR, so a conversion baseline was used (1 PIV = $0.50 USD) to calculate the above PIV amounts. Fluctuations in the market price may lead to an overage or a shortage each month, which will be handled according to the below:
- In the event that more PIV is received than is necessary to cover actual costs, the remaining PIV will be rolled over to the next month’s costs.
- In the event that not enough PIV is received to cover actual costs, we will use any prior overage to make up the difference, or make up the difference at our own expense.
The baseline conversion rate will be re-evaluated every 3 budget cycles (each time this proposal will need to be re-submitted) in order to maintain a degree of accuracy in the PIV amount being requested.
Donations and Receiving of Additional Funds
Any funds received by the proposal payout address from any source other than the PIVX network’s in-built budget distribution system will be considered as donations to be used at our discretion for making up shortages in actual costs, as a “tip” to the maintainers of the servers, pooled for future use/expansion of servers, or any combination thereof.
Voting
Vote yes:
mnbudgetvote many 7f9d90265921466129d48b86002411257bd18efddebeb2fe2a23fe6efda2f28b yesVote no:
mnbudgetvote many 7f9d90265921466129d48b86002411257bd18efddebeb2fe2a23fe6efda2f28b no
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