[HCoop-Discuss] Ideas for new physical hosting and personnel arrangements

[C. Howell]

What you're describing sounds a bit like where I went to undergrad --
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Davor Ocelic <docelic at mire.hcoop.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:26:49AM -0400, Adam Chlipala wrote:
>> At the last HCoop board meeting, the board seemed overall enthusiastic
>> about the idea of redoing our physical arrangements from the ground up.
>> The basic idea is to identify a locale with all of these properties:
>> 1) Low cost of living
>> 2) At least one quality colocation site (hopefully with relatively low cost)
>> 3) A good supply of qualified people who would be interested in working
>> as HCoop sysadmins part-time for pay
>
> I'd like to clarify the reasons for this intiative, in case some of our
> members did not actively track our past discussions on the subject:
>
> - We need more space in our hardware cabinet
> - We need more processing power than we currently have
> - We need to improve situation regarding the reliability of our hardware
> - We need more admins, primarily in critical situations & in case of
> unexpected failures which first and foremost require timely intervention
>
> There is a realistic possibility that we could achieve that by
> moving to a different colocation facility, where we could get the
> Internet link and lease new hardware (which includes support contract)
> for a price greater but comparable to what we are paying now.
>
> We would also like to have a capable student or students as our on-site
> sysadmins, so we are also looking for a city with both good internet
> colocation facilities and IT-related universities, and relatively low
> cost of living.
>
> Everyone is welcome to both give ideas about such locations, and/or
> discuss Adam's thread about which direction HCoop members want
> HCoop to go.
>
> Thanks,
> -doc
>
>
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