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title: Hardware requirements
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So you want to give us hardware? Great! Here's what we need...
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If you want to [donate hardware][], there are specific requirements
for machine we manage that you should follow. For other donations,
please see the [donation site][].
[donate hardware]: https://donate.torproject.org/donor-faq
[donation site]: https://donate.torproject.org/
This list is not final, and if you have questions, please [contact
us](doc/how-to-get-help).
Must have:
* Out of band management with dedicated network port, preferably a
BMC, or failing that, serial console and networked power bars
Rackmount
* No human intervention to power on or reboot
* Warranty or post-warranty hardware support, preferably provided by
the sponsor
* Under the 'ownership' of Tor, although long-term loans can also
work
Would like to have:
* Production quality rather than pre-production hardware
* Support for multiple drives (so we can do RAID) although this can
be waived for disposable servers like build boxes
* Hosting for the machine: we do not run our own datacenters or rack,
so it would be preferable if you can also find a hosting location
for the machine