BLU hosting services

[blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Seth Gordon wrote:
> (Would it be practical for BLU to lease a box at some colocated site,
> set up Xen/UML/VServer/whatever on it, and then sublease virtual machine
> instances to BLU members?)

Yes, but you may not be happy with the result of a hosting service 
maintained by volunteers.

A better option might be getting a count of how many members might use 
such a service, and shop around for a provider that will provide a 
discount for a bulk buy. There are plenty of shared server wholesalers. 
I'm guessing there are probably a few that deal in virtual server 
wholesaling. That way they'd handle the maintenance and billing. Perhaps 
BLU could even collect a dollar or two from the monthly fee on each 
account and use it as a source of funding.

  -Tom

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