I expect you've considered this, but for the thread, is there a reason you've ruled out one of the cloud providers? i.e. Is it a requirement that there be physical hardware which you own and install?
If not, I've had good experiences with both Amazon Web Services http://aws.amazon.com/ and Slicehost (Rackspace) http://slicehost.com/ - Paul Beltrani On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Dave Pascoe >> >> To get reasonable answers to this question you really need to answer a >> few key questions (which I am sure you know): > > Well, for the immediate need, we're talking about a small number of servers > (say, 4 or so). Any power availability would be ok. Must have network > availability (without leadtime for installation), and obviously, building > managed cooling and physical security. > > Location could be anywhere within the 495 belt, or possibly even just > outside. Remote hands not important. > > It wants to be low cost. It's the sort of thing that could be hosted in my > basement, if business class network offering is available at my house. But > it's for a small business, and I have no interest in having said servers in > my basement. > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
