Jeremy Huntwork wrote:
So, I know there's competitive offers like this out there. (Justin Knierim seems to be able to sniff out good deals, :) ) Is another $60 US per month a burden for you, Gerard? Perhaps. Only you could say. However, we have, I believe, at least 15 active members in the community right now. If we could get them to commit to $4 - $5/month, that would pay for the server.
There are some good deals out there on dedicated servers. The only reason i went this way is colo seems to be more expensive (or with less bandwidth) at most hosting companies. I found a nice dedicated server in Montreal, Canada for my lfs-matrix.net mirror (also used for personal, business purposes) for less than $100 a month, 10mbit unmetered, 2.4Ghz P4, 512MB, 80GB pata. True that it isn't a performance machine (no scsi, 1GB+ memory, etc) but it runs great and I don't have to worry about hardware. If something breaks, it is the hosting companys problem! Fix it!! ;) The company hosting my German mirror even has a "boot into rescue mode" web interface, where it boots a gentoo livecd so you can fix even the most dead system.
True there are probably better deals or cheaper options, but so far this works for me. I am not sure what the best option for LFS is though.
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