Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?
There are other good reasons to colo a server rather than have it at home: 1) Colo facility easier to get generator and *real* UPS lifetime for at affordable rates. 2) Colo facility upstream networking not subject to the whims of increasingly incompetent broadband providers. 3) Colo facility can have redundant networking a lot cheaper than home users (and simpler... trying to get BGP fed up a DSL link of any budget, to have truly redundant networking at home, isn't possible that I know of, and is increasingly difficult with full budget T-1s unless you know someone). And last but not least: 4) Proper quality servers make more noise than I want in my office at home. I have been paying order of $200/month for reasonably high end home internet since the days when that was Netcom and a 14.4k dialup modem and a Class C, though I now get much more bandwidth. Due to service level declines I have been looking into redundant connectivity. But the options suck. Precisely as Paul points out, me taking my Sun V100 and sticking it in someone else's rack, were it $50/month, would be an *excellent* solution for me on all levels. I do not know that there are several racks full of people like me, even in the SF Bay area, but I would be willing to bet that the answer is yes. -george william herbert gherbert@retro.com
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 12:10:01AM -0800, George William Herbert wrote:
I do not know that there are several racks full of people like me, even in the SF Bay area, but I would be willing to bet that the answer is yes.
What would be nice is someone who charges you for bandwidth, not for data transfered. There's an excellent company in the UK who do exactly this: www.mailbox.net.uk for ~UKP65 a month you can get 256kb/s in 2U. Something needs to be developed along these lines: 256kb/s sustained = ~80gbyte month transfered. The current bandwidth limit should be calculated such that based on how much I've used since the start of the month, my bw cap would go up or down to keep me on the average to end at 80gbyte. Example: If I only use 128k/s sustained for 15 days (total 20Gb), for the last 15 days I should be allowed to use ~384kb/s so that I end exactly at my allotted 80Gb, no more. Now *that* would be useful. -- Avleen Vig Systems Administrator Personal: www.silverwraith.com EFnet: irc.mindspring.com (Earthlink user access only)
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