I've tossed the idea around before, but is anyone here interested in hosting virtual private servers on HCoop Right Now? I ordered a Dell PowerEdge 1650 that I would like to either colocate for my own use or for HCoop's use if there is demand; it was a great deal just across the Hudson from our datacenter and I couldn't pass it up.
I am imagining something like units of 1/8th of the server--minimum of 350MHz, 256M RAM per unit, running Debian, Fedora, NetBSD or your favorite Xen OS, at about $11 per month (this in addition to base HCoop dues for regular shell service, which would be somewhat lower as a result). This is a much better deal than you would get from someplace like Rimuhosting, and on our great network too. Exact price would of course depend on what we decide the equitable share of the monthly bill for the VPS server is. Either way, I'll take total responsibility for adminning and supporting this server at least until such time as someone else wants to take over. If we do make this an official HCoop machine, then we can also work out how I can be reimbursed either fully or partially over an extended period of time for it out of the VPS dues (not base dues from shell users, of course). And of course if I colocate it with HCoop for my own use I'd be paying whatever we determine the fee for that should be. -ntk _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
