[Sysadmin] Re: [DesDev] RE: [steering] Migration

[William Anderson]

Martin Burns wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, .jeff wrote:
>
> > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
> > > From: Martin Burns
> > >
> > > All stuff to be addressed in desdev & sysadmin I think.
> > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
> >
> > no offense, but with our current timeframe, it hardly matters what
> > list we discuss this on so long as it gets done in time.

personally i think this is important enough to run on theforum to catch as
many people as possible, but c`est la migration.  I`m not even *on* half
these lists I`m cc`ing ...

> [snip]
>
> <finance rep> Please supply details of and costings for your proposed
> win2k/mssql based host, or I doubt budget will be forthcoming. Bear in
> mind that rackshack is the current benchmark - $100 a month plus taxes
> and a solid setup that isn't dependent on owner goodwill.
> </finance rep>


I have started up a deal-bargaining conversation with a hoster I`ve used via
my employer.  memset.com can offer us a P4 silly GHz machine, with half a
gig of RAM, 60 gig disk and - most critically - *unlimited* traffic over a
virtual 1.5Mbps connection (it`s actually a throttled VLAN connection to the
providers OC12).  The regular cost is UKP 99/mth but we can get discount (I
don`t know how much just yet) if we a) pay a year up front and b) take on a
second, smaller spec `machine` (actually a user-mode Linux virtual machine)
which has 20:1 contended 1.5Mbps unlimited connection and much lower sys
spec - ideal for lists.evolt.org or the mail relay?

I dunno where the win2k stuff has reappeared from, but this machine can be
built with any OS we specify - I personally would prefer Debian Linux (with
Apache, mySQL, PHP, etc and an MTA of choice).

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