[HCoop-Discuss] VPS hosting for HCoop

[Philip Neustrom]

> There is also the philosophical angle to consider, whether a co-op
> should move down one tier closer to retail and feed the for-profit
> world. From running all VPSes, it's only one more step to mass
> purchasing a web hosting package from a commercial provider with a group
> discount, and so outsourcing tech support and software configuration. It
> would be more in keeping with the cooperative approach to move UP a
> level and provide its own rackspace. This is not exactly trivial though.

Yeah, this is the point I was trying to make about ownership of infrastructure.

-philip

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> Michael
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> Adam Chlipala wrote:
>> This discussion seems to have sputtered out.  Personally, I'm thinking
>> of 100% VPS hosting (probably spread among multiple providers to some
>> extent) as the best option for HCoop going forward.  Rob Gubler
>> mentioned some file system/IO failures he's experienced with
>> virtualization.  Shaun Empie said he doesn't think moving to 100% VPS is
>> a good idea, but he didn't give any reasons, and he hasn't responded yet
>> to a query about what they are.  Nathan Kennedy has been saying for a
>> while that we should own our own servers.  Besides that, I think we've
>> only seen positive opinions about the VPS option.
>>
>>
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