I just filled out the form on this Amazon page. This has been previously discussed as a viable option for OAM.
Jeff On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Paul Ramsey <pram...@cleverelephant.ca> wrote: > Amazon perhaps. Google might find it cuts a little too close to the > bone. Chris, have you approached the AWS folks about hosting OAM? It's > a little more involved than just data storage, they'd also need to > provide a couple EC2 instances to receive and process the new data, > but it would remove the hosting and scalability issues nicely. > > P. > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Joseph Gentle <jose...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. 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