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[Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>]

Richard Morris writes:
 > John Howe wrote:
 > > My services go though johncompanies.com in San Diego. I used to have a
 > > co-located server in Seattle, however, I found it easier to outsource
 > > hardware management. Johncompanies.com provides the following: triple
 > > homed networking, hardware management, and daily backups. I get 40g/month
 > > network throughput ( with ability to scale ) and  I am happy with the
 > > service there, ( don't have to deal with failing hardware issues anymore,
 > > no pager calls) and host several domains.
 > > 
 > Folks might like to know that the pfaf website has aproximatly
 > 10 GB/month bandwidth. So its likely pcpdb-hg it would eat a big chunk 
 > of the bandwidth.
 >
 > I still think ibiblio is probably the best place for hosting as its
 > good to be associated with the ibiblio name.
 > 
 > A dedicated server is interesting, but do we want to get involved
 > in maintaining apache, keeping a mySQL server running, constantly 
 > applying bug fixes and fixing security holes?

Actually that sounds like fun.  The real issue would be the mega $$$
this would require.  I agree that ibiblio is the best long term
solution for its reliability/longevity as well as for its name.  In
the meantime I think it might make sense to start development on John
Howe's server while we work things out with ibiblio.  I don't think we
will consume a noticeable amount of bandwidth during development.  If
we ever figure out a name and register a domain we can easily switch
between servers without the end users being able to tell.

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Chad Knepp
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