Hi,
Well, I've been toying with the idea of getting a server colocated for a while, and the only way to make that pay off for myself would be to offer hosting for people.
How many people on this list would be interested in joining such a scheme?
The server would be colocated in the UK, and the specs would probably be as follows:
- 1/2 GB RAM or more
- RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 storage, depending on the size of the case and cost
- Debian Sarge (sorry guys, I don't think Gentoo cuts it on a server!)
- Apache 2 & PHP 4.3 (other Apache / PHP modules as per request)
- MySQL and/or PostgreSQL and/or Firebird, depending on demand
- Virtual email hosting (i.e. different accounts on different domains, aliases, etc...)
Any other requests welcome. I don't think I would set up a control panel, and I wouldn't want to host too many sites. This would be a highly personalised service, for those who have outgrown hosting at home / under some plan, but don't have the resources to go colo by themselves. And of course, this service wouldn't be available for quite some time, so I won't be signing anyone on or taking any money at the moment.
How many takers? What sort of money would you pay?
Regards, Chris
PS: My fiancee can drink me under the table!
Zhang Weiwu wrote:
Hello. I am using my home gentoo box hosting my webpage and several forums. Now the ISP keep dropping my line once a day, so I am thinking of using another host.
I need xml, iconv, mbstring, gd2, zlib, "Option mutliview" apache and scp/sftp access with public key authentication. I don't need stupid things like pop3 account, embeded chatroom and pre-configured forum. However, after a hard search I found even many 'professional' hosting company either cannot offer all of them, or provided extra service I don't need. Many of them don't have iconv (they don't expect Asian users). I don't like to choose Chinese hosting companies, most of them don't even have a list of supported php modules.
So, where do the people on this list look for a real professional hosting support for geeks? Further more, the hosting company should not be too slow from China. Any suggestions?
Or if any friendly people on this list maintain an always-on host that could be used for web, and feel your box is pretty stable, I can buy hosting from you. I think gentoo list people are even more trustworthy than some commercial support. If your box is small I consider only put my homepage (very low traffic) on it which is the only thing I wish to keep stable, forums are not important. I can pay you EUR or USD but only by credit card (in some cases, money isn't easy to transfer to individual, so I can order beer and let the shop ship it to you:) Otherwise, if you have the chance to come to China I'll treat you with Chinese goods:)
about beer: With all respects to Women on this list: in that case tell me what I can order for you.
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