If need be, I suspect both amazon and google would be happy to help with hosting.
http://aws.amazon.com/publicdatasets/ -J On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Landon Blake <lbl...@ksninc.com> wrote: > Frank wrote: "Clarifying such a matter is not trivial in an organization > with many different ideas like OSGeo." > > Roger that. So I guess it boils down to the internal support for this > type of service. > > Frank wrote: "I'm not sure if telascience accepts public donations or > not, nor whether it is 501(c)3 which might matter for tax purposes." > > Roger that. I wonder if it would be possible to make a donation to > telascience trough OSGeo, which would be tax deductible... > > Landon > Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 > Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 2:53 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Relationship between Telascience and the > OSGeo > > Landon Blake wrote: >> Frank wrote: "In addition to the servers provided by Telascience we > also >> have two rented >> servers at Peer1 (svn, trac, drupal, and mailman are on one of these >> servers). >> We are paying nearly $15K/yr for these two servers." >> >> Wow! Does our traffic require two dedicated servers like this? > > Landon, > > The arrangement at Peer1 was made primarily with the goal of having > a reliable decent server able to support svn/trac and related project > services. The second server is primarily serving as a backup though > the wiki is hosted there. > > We are contemplating dropping use of the second Peer1 server to save > funds. > >> Frank wrote: " So far geospatial data hosting has been accomplished > via >> the servers at >> Telascience. OSGeo has not to-date provided any resources of it's own >> (ie. budgeted for) in support of hosting geodata. >> >> Large scale geodata hosting is pretty demanding from a computational, >> disk space and bandwidth point of view and it would be likely be >> cost prohibitive for us to pursue it in a big way on commercially >> priced servers like the ones at Peer1." >> >> Is it the space requirements that make geodata hosting demanding, the >> bandwith requirements for download, or both? > > Both. Bandwidth overages at Peer1 can mount up to be expensive very > quickly, so we already host our most bandwidth intensive applications > (download.osgeo.org and existing geodata services) at telascience. > > I'm presuming the hosted data would be made available as web services > (WMS, WCS, etc) not just a download site. > >> Frank wrote: " There is some question in my mind just how central the >> *hosting* of >> free geodata is to our mission." >> >> It would be great to get this clarified. > > Clarifying such a matter is not trivial in an organization with > many different ideas like OSGeo. > >> I had originally asked this question because I might be able to make a >> small donation to support free geodata hosting. I was trying to figure >> out which organization would be the best suited for the donation. > Sounds >> like it should go to telascience. We'll see how my taxes works out > this >> year. :] > > I'm not sure if telascience accepts public donations or not, nor whether > it is 501(c)3 which might matter for tax purposes. > > Best regards, > -- > ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- > ------ > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, > warmer...@pobox.com > light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam > and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > Warning: > Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects > including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
