Great idea, I'm in for 4U.
Contact me Paul Terry Walhus Web Developer, Video, Online Conferences 501-365-1001 google voice * 512-699-4000 mobile * 512-782-4420 skype 512-985-6258 home * 512-551-3633 vacation condo * skype walhus gplus.to/springnet or plus.google.com/117861338670157326726 [email protected] [email protected] sxpanel.com spring.net twitter.com/springnet <http://twitter.com/springnet> facebook.com/springtime <http://twitter.com/springnet> subscribe to "springnet" for regular podcasts on itunes, blip.tv, youtube, vimeo, viddler, etc. Spring.net 1800 Lavaca Street Austin, TX 78701 Spring Lodge 1191 Shiloh Road Cedar Creek, TX 78612 On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Victor Trac <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > I want to throw this idea out and see if there's any interest for a > colocation cooperative in Austin. The basic idea is that we get together to > sign a lease on an entire rack at a local Austin datacenter and then parse > out 1U increments to members at a much reduced cost. More information can be > found here: > > http://corack.org/ > > The motivation for me is being able to have a large server (16-32 gigs/RAM, > 3-5TB) to do personal backups and host a few small sites, for about the same > cost that I'm currently paying EC2 & Linode for much less hardware. > > I'm also interested to know if you think this is a bad idea. There are > certainly some issues we'd have to work out - the most serious that comes to > mind is server security, where you'd basically have to trust each rack > key-holder to be careful of others' servers. All datacenters will require > some sort of sign-in process, so at least we'd know who broke something, but > I'm not sure there's a way to guarantee isolation. Any other downsides? > > --Victor > @victortrac > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
