[Board] Web Hosting

[Garrett Kajmowicz]

On Monday 16 October 2006 17:42, Ron Blanchett wrote:
> The attached document contains the Tier Classifications.
>
> I tried to nagotiate a better deal with YoCoLo and the only thing they came
> back with was their $59 Hosting package.
>
> -Ron

I would like to point out that we aren't in the business of needed 99.999% 
uptime.  Yes, it would be nice.  So would a pony.

A better question is: do we get anything we care about for the extra ~20$ per 
month?  Yes, higher likely uptime, but I'm not sure that we really need to 
worry if the web site is down for a few hours at 3 am.

That having been said, there is an "image" risk, that if we are down for some 
reason, we won't get as many attendees because we aren't considered to be as 
serious of an organization.  It's also only $20 - in the grand scheme of our 
budget (which I need to review one of these days), I don't think it's that 
much.  Then again, a penny saved is a penny earned.

I'm just trying to highlight some of the issues here - in fact, I don't have 
any experience dealing with this type of service consideration.  My personal 
server sits in my office.  I'm hoping that other people on the list might be 
able to argue one way or another the items I've outlined.


-     Garrett