Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-02 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
Kapil Hari Paranjape said: > In principle, we should not have a problem hosting this service at > IMSc. We could not only provide ssh root access, we could perhaps > even provide physical access! However, since I am out-of-station it > will be until next week that I can confirm this. I feel, host

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-02 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 02 April 2009 21:53:40 Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > On Wed, 01 Apr 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > Surely we have the resources to have - at the least - a vps, or > > preferably a dedicated server? > > I'm sorry that I'm out of station exactly when this mail was sent. > I was not aw

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-02 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 01 Apr 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > Surely we have the resources to have - at the least - a vps, or > preferably a dedicated server? I'm sorry that I'm out of station exactly when this mail was sent. I was not aware that this was an issue. In principle, we should not have a pr

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 20:26:08 varadarajan narayanan wrote: > Can someone explain why we need root access ? shell access > I thought you need a CMS like Drupal , Media wiki , a blog engine like word > press etc. for a community site. > Many providers offer this kind of deal with shared hostin

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 20:09:14 Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > >> 1. try shared hosting -- it's very cheap (Rs 5000 per year), or > >>     > > > > what kind of shared hosting? We need shell access as a minimum and even > > webfaction is about 20 USD a month > >   > > Slicehost offers a pretty good pa

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 19:56:33 balachandar muruganantham wrote: > > within 24 hours. Why do we not do this? We are the second oldest LUG in > > India > > and easily the biggest. Why are we suffering like this? > > are they FOSS? is VPS powered by FOSS? i think its not about money as of > now.

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 19:28:55 Aanjhan R wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > > Not so sure if people will loosen their purse strings so easily. > > I was also of similar impression until this happened. > > http://ubuntu-in.info/wiki/index.php/Sponsors <-- And w

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: >> 1. try shared hosting -- it's very cheap (Rs 5000 per year), or > > what kind of shared hosting? We need shell access as a minimum and even > webfaction is about 20 USD a month I use dreamhost.com for the past 2+ years. They run debian

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 18:46:07 Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > struggling like this? A dedicated server - cheapest - costs around > > 50 Euros a month and will give us full root access, 300 gb of space, > > unlimited bandwidth > > The issue is not

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread varadarajan narayanan
> > > VPS Link has nice offers > > Hi ! Can someone explain why we need root access ? I thought you need a CMS like Drupal , Media wiki , a blog engine like word press etc. for a community site. Many providers offer this kind of deal with shared hosting as low as $4 per mo

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Aanjhan R
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM, varadarajan narayanan wrote: > For the providers to survive , they depend on open source virtualisation > techniques to offer virtuals servers. > Then using those virtual machines they offer both Linux and Windows hosting. > I think dedicated servers start from abou

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread varadarajan narayanan
are they FOSS? is VPS powered by FOSS? i think its not about money as of > now. > They are many powered by Xen VMs > > Hi ! For the providers to survive , they depend on open source virtualisation techniques to offer virtuals servers. Then using those virtual machines they offer both Linux and

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: 1. try shared hosting -- it's very cheap (Rs 5000 per year), or what kind of shared hosting? We need shell access as a minimum and even webfaction is about 20 USD a month Slicehost offers a pretty good package at $20 pm. Linode offers an even better deal:

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread benjamin
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:56 PM, balachandar muruganantham wrote: > are they FOSS? is VPS powered by FOSS? They are many powered by Xen VMs benjamin rualthanzauva http://twitter.com/rualthan ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "u

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread balachandar muruganantham
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > hi, > > there has been some discussion on the hosting of the lug wiki and it > appears > that it is on some very low end platform. Surely we have the resources to > have > - at the least - a vps, or preferably a dedicated server? Why shoul

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread balachandar muruganantham
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Bharathi Subramanian < sbhara...@midascomm.com> wrote: > On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > struggling like this? A dedicated server - cheapest - costs around > > 50 Euros a month and will give us full root access, 300 gb of space, > > unlimited band

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Aanjhan R
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > Not so sure if people will loosen their purse strings so easily. I was also of similar impression until this happened. http://ubuntu-in.info/wiki/index.php/Sponsors <-- And we still have people who are ready to contribute. We accepted as

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > struggling like this? A dedicated server - cheapest - costs around > 50 Euros a month and will give us full root access, 300 gb of space, > unlimited bandwidth The issue is not the money or space or CPU power. Maintenance is the issue. Now Bala is r

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 18:29:35 Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves > > wrote: > > I am sure we can raise the funds to get a server for the next 3 years > > within 24 hours. Why do we not do this? We are the second oldest LUG in > > India and easily the

Re: [Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > I am sure we can raise the funds to get a server for the next 3 years > within 24 hours. Why do we not do this? We are the second oldest LUG in India > and easily the biggest. Why are we suffering like this? Not so sure if people will loo

[Ilugc] chennai lug hosting

2009-04-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, there has been some discussion on the hosting of the lug wiki and it appears that it is on some very low end platform. Surely we have the resources to have - at the least - a vps, or preferably a dedicated server? Why should we be struggling like this? A dedicated server - cheapest - costs