[ale] Data center space?

[wolf at wolfhalton.info]

What is your argument against IaaS cloud services?  
I haven't ever hosted services off of my cable connection, it is way too
flakey, and I do not want the job of being 24/7 on-call these days.  I
have been moving some stuff into various cloud set-ups for several
years, but most of what I do is "proof of concept" just now.  My
eventual plan is to rent a couple of boxes with friends at Astila Corp
(small, local) until the revenues bring some cost savings to bringing
inhouse services with multiple T1s.  Rent rather than colo, because the
hardware updates and support will be on somebody else's todo list.

-Wolf  


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Data center space?
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:11:34 -0400


I am spending about $50 a month on virtual private servers, for no
reason other than they have IP address space that is redundantly
provided for by a data center.  I can reasonably forsee paying more in
the future as I need more systems.

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
managing things myself; my plans would essentially be to have a big
friggin' storage unit and then run multiple systems off of it.  I
realize that I would be spending a bit more in terms of the hardware,
and that doesn't really bother me either.  My real question is to
someone that has done all this already, should I be doing it yet?  Or
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.

	--- Mike

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