[Imc-aotearoa-tech] [dave@nomasters.org: Re: indymedia hosting]

[finn c.]

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Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 05:43:06 +1100
From: Dave 
To: "finn c." 
Subject: Re: indymedia hosting
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:38 pm, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Aotearoa Indymedia [http://indymedia.org.nz] may soon need a new home.
> I'm really just testing the water at this point, but I'm wondering if
> nomasters would be interested in hosting us.

Yep. at the moment we are in the process of moving to a new server, once the 
old sites are stable and I have migrated all the DNS and the new machine is 
going full steam ahead, shouldn't be an issue.

>
> To give you some idea of our resource needs, we currently have 470mb [2
> yrs] of files and churn through 2.5-3Gb/month [double that when Bush
> invades another country]. Our future bandwidth should drop quite a bit
> though, as we are setting up content mirroring with a server in the US.

No problem, I understand usage .. currently the server is doing around 35 gig 
a month in transfer, and I am ramping up services to cope more (bigger 
machine and space)

>
> We're currently using the standard Active codebase used on older IMC's
> but will be migrating to DadaImc [dadaimc.org], which runs on php/mysql.

Not a problem .. I am looking at getting chroot going so that folk can have a 
virtual machine ... still working on it.

>
> We shouldn't need too much help setting up the new site, aside from
> creating the database, folders etc etc.

No problem, I can help wherever needed.

>
> Oh, and we can also give you money to cover b/w + other expenses.

w00t! yay :) but let's get things rolling first and see how things go .. then 
you can think on passing on anything for hosting and expenses as a 
secondary .. no need to worry about costings atm .. I've been working to 
basically cover a lot of these expenses and getting into a better and better 
position to provide them low cost and free for those groups who can't afford 
it.

>
> What do ya think?

All Good :)
I haveto get this new machine active asap .. within the next few weeks as I am 
doing the config at the moment.

Dave

>
> finn c.




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