Hi,
I'm new here- been lurking for awhile, this is my first message to the list. I have just recently started tinkering with OpenStack after discovering it recently. I started with virtualization using ProxmoxVE for Windows desktop hosting back in 2009-2010. I'm interested in launching a small business venture in which I would utilize OpenStack installed to server hardware I'd build myself & rent VPS instances. Nothing major, just 1 server- about a $4,000 investment upfront. Whatever money it makes would be reinvested in additional hardware to facilitate backups & server replication for failover. I'm no expert at this, and would be learning the ropes as I go along, so I'd be starting slow, with a self-funded project as opposed to raising VC funding or something like that. Someone told me in IRC that some Datacenters are willing to rent rack space to small businesses who need the use of redundant infrastructure to run their operations & was wondering if anyone on the list here would be able to point me in the right direction to learn more about such services. If anyone has experience with working with such arrangements & could share your experiences, what to look for in a datacenter, what to be careful of, what's typical in terms of rent & what-not I'm all ears. If people could recommend one over another I'd be interested in hearing why one's better than another. I don't know where to begin, & I figured why not start here on the list. Basically, I just want to be able to utilize redundant power & internet somewhere, where I'd be guaranteed a safe operating environment for my hardware. While I do have fiber running to my apartment, it's hardly the place to run a home based business of this nature. I couldn't imagine a customer wanting to rent a garage/apartment based VPS when they could get a proper colo for the same price. And I'm not in this to be the discount place either. So- any feedback is appreciated. Thanks in advance! Kindest Regards, -Christopher
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