You are all close to the origins of my question. I was trying to calculate cost of storage for the remainder of the project. I was looking at Amazon and you can buy a 10TB drive for RAID at under $200.

Work Units remaining 1599403
Results per Work Unit 2
Total Results remaining 3198806

Result storage size (MB) 120
Results stored per 10 TB drive 83000
Drives required 40

Cost per 10 TB Drive $ 200
total cost (one location) $ 8000
Backup location $ 8000

Total storage costs $ 16000
50% contingency $ 8000
Total funds needed $ 24000

* This assumes you need to store both the primary and wing man results. I am not sure why you would need to save both long term once the unit is validated. If only one is needed the cost is cut in half.
* Contingency includes things like a rack and drawers for the data center to house the storage. Also a few cables.
* Educational institutions should be able to get a significant cost reduction on equipment rather than the quantity of 1 price on Amazon.

Please feel free to tell me if I have made a math mistake somewhere above.

Did I mention that someone in Africa dies of malnutrition every 48 seconds? That is 1800 people a day.

Net: I don't believe the lack of $24,000 in funding is the issue. It may be AN issue, but my guess is it is a minor one. There is something else going on here. I am a project manager by trade. I would love to see the Gantt charts for this project, the financial plan, and the checkpoints for go/no-go decisions.

I find it hard to believe that $24,000 can't be funded through go-fund-me.

I find it hard to believe a major university doesn't have access to potential funding sources for $24,000

I was reading last night that USAID spent $1.8B in humanitarian aid in Ethiopia alone last year. (Thank you USA and the American people.) And I am to believe there is no funding somewhere in the developed world for $24,000???

No, there is something else going on here that someone is keeping from the WCG volunteer community. We have donated about 200 million computer hours to this project so far. We are true stakeholders! I think we deserve an update from Delft. That is not a rosy sales pitch type of update I am looking for. How about a webinar where we can all get an update and ask questions. Do they have anyone on this project with formal project management training?

Did I tell you that someone in Africa dies of malnutrition every 48 seconds? That is 25,000 people in the last 2 weeks.

Oh yea, I almost forgot. Did I tell you I am frustrated with this project?

Paul

Thank you cowtipper!!

Go Mike! It seems the question of constipation vs diarrhea has again been raised.
It is difficult to recruit new members, or encourage former members to return, when we are not supporting TB and African Rainfall projects. It seems the inaction is with the projects and not with WCG. It seems that TB needs to be made inactive and replaced.

You need to prove a thriving community and stable system to attract new projects and money.
You need money, stable system and projects to attract a community.

The only position they have hired to our knowledge is a PR intern. Considering the lack of communication from PR person to us on the boards, I'm guessing the PR person is to work on new projects/money side of things, and isn't really for us.

I agree with Mike.