[ale] Data center space?

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 09/20/2010 07:25 PM, Mike Harrison wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>> I'm wondering, at what point does it become more worth it to just put my
>> own real systems in a data center and manage them myself?  I don't mind
>
> When you decide it's worth the pain/cost... You'll know.
>
> # w
>    19:08:58 up 454 days, 56 min,
>
> Worth every penny and has been since 2003.
> (I've had servers on-net since 1994)

Obviously, hasn't had a kernel update in a while. :)  Vulnerabilities???

>
>
>> should I wait until I'm paying more than I am now?  And why does it seem
>> that all the data centers are very hush-hush about what they charge?  I
>> can't seem to find rates for the life of me.
>
> Variables include:
>
>     How nice your shoes/watch are.
>     How clueless you are.
>     Who your friends are.
>     How much power your server uses
>     How much bandwidth it uses..
>     How much space it takes..
>     How far from the backbone the bandwidth is..
>     How fast it can go..
>
> But what it usually boils down to is about $75-$150 for a 1u server
> and enough bandwidth to do normal things. Want to know what you are
> really paying for before you do? Call their tech support hotline
> at 2am and see who/what/if answers the phone.
>
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Until later, Geoffrey

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