[olug] Semi-local colo facilities

[Jon Larsen]

Nebraska Networks (nenet.net) also has Co-lo facilities, you'll need to 
contact them for pricing.



On Wed, 14 May 2008, Obi-Wan wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 17:21:30 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com>
> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> To:  <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Semi-local colo facilities
> 
> > As for hosting in someone's basement or on their business cable modem: It's
> > good in theory, but it's a major hassle for both the client and the host.
> > If the machine goes down and no one's home, you're pretty much shafted.
> 
> That's true, and it's why I resisted the initial urge to offer you space
> in the 42U rack in my basement in southeast Lincoln.
> 
> For my own off-site backup, I keep an encrypted 750GB USB drive at my
> office.  This has the advantage that when I generate a whole lot of
> data in one shot, I can transfer it to my office on a few DVD's rather
> than having to push it all over the wire, which will saturate my line
> for many hours.  I use rsync to mirror all the little stuff.  Using a
> remote service like Amazon's would be torturous for somebody who's into
> digital photography unless you had a several-Mbps uplink.
> 
> 

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