Right, but what I see is tasks are like a queue (albeit it is more like a priority queue), so if the queue is already too long (Setting up Ryzen, answering support tickets, processing aff payments, giveaways etc etc), then it might be best to not adding more things to the queue.
Here’s an idea: To automate this giveaway (or any other future giveaways) more easily, you can also just allocate X or Y resources and let reputable members/mods/admins to help you give them out. In my case I just helped a certain provider to giveaway some VPS for users who donated to any charity organisation.
Thanks and sorry for rushing you, but I really don’t know what is the best way to reach you, I tried PM, Discord and everything, waited for a month and nothing happened A lot of the time sending messages to you is like UDP connection, I can’t be sure whether I sent the packet successfully or it just drops somewhere in between. Sometimes I receive replies within hours and sometimes… never? I start to think maybe creating tickets will be easier for you
If I remember correctly you also have remote outsources support not in US, but either way I believe what you said about the scenario in US.
I might be too naive but I don’t get the reason behind collecting lots of hardwares but not putting them into the production. Hardware will depreciate its value over time, why not setup some in LA DC first since that’s closest to where your office is at? In that case you don’t have to wait longer to achieve ROI and can more easily cover back your cost to obtain more hardwares/IPs etc.
You might have a bit of OCD like I do but as a perfectionist I learnt about this quote years ago and I like it a lot. “The cost of perfection is infinite”, you can always find a better hardware, better cooling system, better price, better value but all these eventually takes up more efforts and time than it is worth it.
As you have so many servers available, running 1-2 of it in LA DC (For Beta/Alpha testers etc) can also allow it to be tested earlier in production to ensure it doesn’t overheat so easily or any other bottlenecks in the resources can be easily found.
Edit: That’s a very nice pile of Ryzen though