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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada

Future FLORA expansion.

From: Russell McOrmond <russell_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca>
To: flora-admin-design_-at-_flora.org
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:39:38 -0500 (EST)

   I have been wanting to upgrade the server that FLORA is running on.  I
have decided that rather than purchasing more equipment, I am
investigating managed connections where the hardware and bandwidth is
outsourced.  

  One place that has offices in Canada is 9Net Avenue
<http://www.9netave.ca/>.  I would essentially be renting a rack-mounted
Linux server <http://www.9netave.ca/services/dserver/listinounix.asp> and
manage the server as I do currently (remotely over the net).

  Another possibility was http://www.rackspace.com/ , but with the
fluxuating currency I have preferred to be paying my invoices in Canadian
currency (and thus a more known rate).


  This move would allow me to have more control over how I expand (By just
hiring more computing/bandwidth/etc from 9Net) without having the capital
costs for the hardware/etc.


  The current servers would be moved to my home office.  I'm thinking of
getting a faster connection at home (Maybe one of those 2.2M/640K ADSL
connections) and having these servers used for application development and
various less-critical services (IE: NNTP-News distribution, UUCP,
volunteer shell accounts, etc)



  Decisions have not yet been made for this service change.  I am right
now still just investigating all the variables. If anyone has ideas or
information on this, please post.

---
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://russell.flora.org/work/>
 Back in Ottawa and catching up on Email from after trip to India.
 Antitrust - a Movie, or real life?
 <http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-01-08-003-06-PS-CY>

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