[osmocom-event-orga] update from POC

[Peter Stuge]

Thanks for the update!

Neels Hofmeyr wrote:
> * POC offers to locate the prod core in a VM on their machine

NOC has also offered a VM for many years. Can do isn't always == should do.

The problem with the cloud is that there is no cloud, only other peoples'
computers.

I trust that both NOC and POC run VMs like a boss, but I quite like having
our own server, if only for the ability to do stuff like sticking a 3G dongle
into it and immediately being able to reach it from hotel and wherever,
without depending on support from another crew (ie. delay). This was a
somehow critical feature at least once in the past.


> * a POC core machine is set up and running already now, before congress
> * neels will get VPN access (we can test against that)

Cool! It's a great idea to set the server up in ASAP! :) I'll start doing
that and ping when it is online (in CCCB).


> POC suggests:
> * We can ask Lime to send us the LimeSDR devices used on EFR camp
> (ask POC, via neels) to use them as GSM BTS

I've heard mixed reports about EMF camp GSM. And at OsmoCon it sounded like
the Lime stack is quite thick - does it actually work well enough to be worth
the complexity?


> * Idea: share one secure network segment with the POC

The "worst" part is probably that NOC would then have to decommission
the GSM L3 VLAN. :) I don't feel strongly either way. The server has
sometimes also been directly on their L3 VLAN, It's trivial to arrange
for that again if we want.


//Peter