Hi Mark, I agree with your way of thinking. The IX is for IX issues, which is, providing inter-ISP-connectivity. Datacentres provide hosting/co-lo facilities.
The difference is, the IX is a Utility, a Datacentre is a commercial venture. Even if it is hosting a free service (like our downloads, or an Ubuntu repository). To reflect on the service-level of the IX and the connections to it. I think the Datacentre provider with the highest connectivity to the IX (and the internet) has the competitive advantage. So the market will drive the supply of datacentre services. And, the more market, the more presure there will be on the ISP's to keep their connections up. (we have seen a few samples on that here the last weeks. And those samples really worked. Imagine there is 50 companies depending on the IX. That will raise alarm bells very quickly) So, to get a Ubuntu repository, you would need a company that wants to sponsor it. That is not necessary a marketing thing, but could also be a company that needs to update its 100 computers itself, and therefor has an interest in a repository. Sharing would not add much to that. Basically, that is the same principal as in general with FOSS. Really looking to discuss all these things on saturday. rgds, reinier On Wednesday 24 October 2007 17:48:29 Mark Tinka wrote: > On Wednesday 24 October 2007 16:36, Mike Barnard wrote: > > > Again, its just a thought of how best we could put our > > IXP to use. In my opinion, it is under utilised. > > I suppose the idea to "better-utilize" the exchange point > would be to improve the current state-of-affairs, and solve > the capacity problem for connecting to it. > > However, trying to turn the exchange point into a data > centre might go either way, unless the it is hosted at one. > Different folks might have different priorities as to what > *should* be hosted at a public exchange point, given the > space constraints, cost of utilities, cooling, expertise, > e.t.c. > > The suggestion to host numerous servers (and services) at > the exchange point has come up several times. There must be > a reason why it is yet to happen. > > Mark. > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
