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

[mr sterile]

great news
kieran


> ----- Forwarded message from Dave  -----

>
> 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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>
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> now you guys with this animal activists rights have overstepped the line.
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