On Mar 10, 1:50 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:15:25 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Dan the listmom <[email protected]>
> >To: LEM Swap <[email protected]>
> >Subject: LEM Server Project Update
>
> >Friends:
>
> >I'd like to say thanks to list members who are helping us set up a
> >Power Mac G4 server here at Low End Mac headquarters. The original
> >plan was to upgrade to Comcast Business and host Low End Mac here to
> >save on hosting fees, but several people pointed out the danger of
> >down time due to power outages.
>
> Also consider reliability and other problems with Comcast's network.
>≈
> Make a deal with a neighbor, to give you a jump-start as needed.
>
>
how about co-location ? around here you can rent a niche with full
bandwidth and total UPS for ~$100/mo.
assuming your machine is reliable. Also an option is to have 2 single
cpu machines in a mini cluster for
backup.

>
> >Instead, we're setting up a development server that may also function
> >as a mirror of lowendmac.com just in case our primary server has
> >problems. We'll also be hosting a few low traffic sites that don't
> >make us money, saving us a bit on hosting fees every month.

co-location again a possibility ?


>
> >If I can get this 1.8 GHz dual G4 upgrade working, we may further
> >change our plans and turn it into our production machine, replacing
> >our dual 1 GHz MDD Power Mac G4, which would then become our in-house
> >server. (Alas, the upgrade doesn't work with the 167 MHz bus in the
> >MDD Power Mac.) We'll see what happens with this upgrade.

Consider the electricity costs for a full-time server at 400watts
versus a
1ghz Tibook at 40 watts... (plus a built in UPS).

>
> >Thanks again to many generous list members for their support.
>
> >Dan Knight, publisher, Low End Mac
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