From icculus@clutteredmind.org Thu Jan 8 19:25:57 2004 Subject: [Fwd: Dedicated server hosting...] From: "Ryan C. Gordon" To: info@johncompanies.com Content-Type: text/plain Organization: icculus.org Ninja Hack Squad Message-Id: <1073607957.3707.110.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:25:57 -0500 X-Evolution-Transport: smtp://icculus;auth=PLAIN@mail.icculus.org/;use_ssl=always X-Evolution-Account: icculus@clutteredmind.org X-Evolution-Fcc: imap://icculus@mail.icculus.org/INBOX/sent-mail X-Evolution-Format: text/plain X-Evolution-Source: imap://icculus@mail.icculus.org/ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit So I should take the lack of response to mean that you don't want to sell me anything? --ryan. -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Ryan C. Gordon > To: info@johncompanies.com > Subject: Dedicated server hosting... > Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:23:23 -0500 > > Hi there, > > I found some information on your company at kuro5hin.org, and wanted to > discuss some hosting options with you. > > I run a server devoted to open source development (http://icculus.org/), > which is sitting on a T-1 line somewhere in Texas...we are quickly > outgrowing our current hosting, and in the process crippling other > services that need to make use of that internet link, so we want to move > on. > > Looking at the hosting options you list here: > http://www.johncompanies.com/ > > The "dedicated server" option is of interest to us, with some minor > tweaking: we're going to need significantly more than 40 gigabytes of > transfer a month...the primary virtual host on our webserver is pushing > araound 80 right now, not counting all the traffic from mailing lists, > CVS, etc...altogether, it's probably closer to 100 gigs at this moment, > and bandwidth usage tends to increase significantly every month (this > time last year, we were probably pushing closer to 10 gigs a month). > > We'd want to ship you our own custom 1U system. > > What sort of price would we be looking at for this? Could we adjust the > price as time goes on and our bandwidth needs increase? > > I'm impressed with the testimonials I've read on kuro5hin.org, so I'm > looking forward to a speedy reply that'll hopefully result in a business > arrangement. > > Thanks, > --ryan. > >