[Box-Admins] re: Squeak's hosting provider(s), bills

Janko Mivšek janko.mivsek at eranova.si
Tue Feb 3 20:34:48 UTC 2009


Hi guys,

I'll soon replace my collocated server with a new one with virtual
hosting and there I can open one server for Squeak. For free!

Best regards
Janko


Ken Causey pravi:
> OK, I'm certainly glad we have a cushion and time to think.
> 
> What I'm really interested in now is opinions on my idea to distribute
> things among virtual private servers among say 2-3 companies, probably
> on multiple continents (US and Europe probably).
> 
> What sort of budget on monthly server costs does everyone think is
> reasonable?
> 
> Would it be better to buy hardware and find people willing to host it
> for us at little or minimal cost?  (higher upfront costs with lower
> recurring costs)  Jecel has contacted Merik Voswinkel of Morphle about
> this and I understand Merik has some interest although I know little
> detail.
> 
> Ken
> 
> On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 11:37 -0800, Craig Latta wrote:
>>> Any response?  My situation is rather fluid right now (in terms of how
>>  > much time I have available) but I think this is a topic worth
>>  > discussion and planning.  The sooner we start, and all that jazz...
>>
>>       Yes, sorry, busy busy. :)
>>
>>       It turns out that Marcus Denker has volunteered to deal with 
>> Hetzner for the next year, and pass the bills on to us (see below). So 
>> this buys us some time (always a dangerous thing ;) to discuss what we 
>> "really" want to do in the long term.
>>
>>       Personally, I'd still prefer to get stuff moved to an 
>> English-speaking company, where we can respond faster to problems. I'd 
>> like to start by mirroring the Squeak site at one of my idle domains on 
>> 1and1.com's machines. I'll bug Janko for help, I'm sure.
>>
>>
>>       thanks again,
>>
>> -C
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Squeak.org server
>> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:15:47 +0100
>> From: Rita Freudenberg <rita at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de>
>> To: craig at netjam.org
>>
>> Hi Craig,
>>
>> we just had a discussion about the future of the squeak.org-server,
>> based on your mail conversation with Ken. Marcus Denker finally agreed
>> to take on the responsibility further on for the communication with
>> Hetzner, at least for the next 12 months. And we, Squeak Germany, will
>> bill you for the server costs, but surely not every month, but once or
>> twice a year. Works that ok for you?
>>
>> Rita
>>
>>
>> [I answered yes and thanks]
>>
>> --
>> Craig Latta
>> www.netjam.org
>>
>>

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