[olug] Community Colo Project

[Charles.Bird]

No word on the PinPoint front, the sales person is out of town at the
moment, last I heard, they are getting pricing together. They are aware of
our intentions.

I've been thinking alot about this.
xcalc has been getting used alot.

Charles




On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:

> A few updates on the colo project:
>
> Scott Burns at BQInternet in New York City might be able to provide us with
> a used dual opteron 246 server, 1GB+ RAM and 2x 400GB SATA drives.  I'm
> working out the details with him, I just need to get him a box and a prepaid
> shipping label.
>
> No word from Cogent yet, maybe they're still in shock from how small of a
> commit we want.
>
> I looked into the legal process for forming a non-profit.  It's got a few
> hurdles and if we want to go for federal 501c3 then the hurdles only get
> taller.  It sounds like piggybacking on another legal entity would be the
> most feasible way to start out as far as money-handling goes.
>
> Any news on the PinPoint front?
> Dan
> ------Original Message------
> From: Curtis LaMasters
> To: Dan Clough
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Community Colo Project
> Sent: Mar 28, 2009 11:54 AM
>
> http://www.stikc.com is in Kansas City, they are a large Dell reseller
> (used).  My company has purchased 10+ servers from the over the past
> few years with great success.
>
> Curtis LaMasters
> http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
> http://www.builtnetworks.com
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also a great starting point for people breaking into colo.  If we get
> enough funding together after paying the bills, we would be able to stock
> one or two in the event that someone wishes to purchase it from us instead
> of lurking eBay and going through a bidding process.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com>
> >
> > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:10:31
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Community Colo Project
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Dell Poweredge 750's are p4 3ghz hyper threaded, cheap ram, sata drives
> >> (room for 2), and are 2u.  $100-$175 ebay.
> >>
> >
> > 1U, typo.
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