[NCUC E-team] Hosting the NCUC E-Platform

[Brenden Kuerbis]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:

> On Feb 28 09:55, Brenden Kuerbis (bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org) wrote:
>
> > I'm looking at this now, and it appears you either purchase share(s) at
> > $16/per share/per month, with one share containing *processor power *(one
> > core for 1 to 4 shares, 2 cores for 5 to 8 shares...), RAM (512 dedicated
> > MB), disk quota (12GB), and bandwidth quota (10Mbps),
> >
> > OR
> >
> > you individually configure the server to desired levels, which would be
> > approximately $400.
>
> The $400 figure is based on two shares plus 26GB disk space,
> adding to to the desired 50GB, at yearly rate.
>
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me that we should just
> > purchase e.g., 2 shares on a monthly basis and ramp up as needed?
>
> Shares cost $16/month or $168/year, similar ratio for extra disk
> space, so it saves some money upfront. We could start with one share
> but since we'd almost certainly need more anyway, the question is
> whether fine-tuning on that range is worth the time it takes,
> especially in the purchasing process. Two shares plus the extra
> disk space is of course not exact but an educated guess of what
> might be enough for a year, and close enough that possible savings
> from going below wouldn't be worth the trouble.
> (There's discussion about this on the archives, probably on
> the EC or finance team lists.)
>


Ok, thanks. Sorry to make you repeat the explanation. So I have put two
shares plus 26GB disk space (at an annual rate of 401.52) into the shopping
cart, and will contact Milton to login and make payment.

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