On Dec 18, 2006, at 8:14 PM, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Personally, I would think that Joshua probably has the best perspective on ordering and maintaining a small server.
Just to confirm, we're talking about replacing the current web server that I keep in my colo, not the one that goes to installfests, right?
If he is willing, I would let him make the server choice and then have folks votes yay/nay.
I'd be happy to put together specs for something cost effective and functional. I'd request that it be a 1U machine so that its footprint on colo space is minimal.
I do have to ask, just for discussion - is it worth it for the club to actually OWN a physical server versus rent something from a reliable webhost? The machine currently hosts our mailing lists and web site - something that could be done practically anywhere (though the use of Plone would infer using either Plone-friendly hosting or a virtual server setup where we get full root and system control). Yes, a few people use it for other personal shell functions... but if we could instead spend say ~$30/mo and get hosted, would that be a better choice vs. spending $1000-1500 on a server?
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