Fwd: Fwd: [Board] Permission to move the website to Ideal Solution hosting

Thu Jun 21 15:04:11 CDT 2007

Jeff,
What does that price get us, an account on a shared hosting box or a
dedicated box? What level of support do we get? How much bandwidth do
we get a month? How much disk space?
-Matt

On 6/21/07, Ron Blanchett <rrcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Matt,
>
> We need more detail than just a price.
>
> What does that price get us, an account on a shared hosting box or a dedicated box?
> What level of support do we get?
> How much bandwidth do we get a month?
> How much disk space?
> Etc, Etc, Etc, on the details questions.
>
> Way, Way, Way, Way more detail than a price is needed for this to go anywhere.
>
> -Ron
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com>
> To: Ron Blanchett <muteid10t at gmail.com>; Penguicon Board Discussion List <board at penguicon.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:30:48 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Fwd: [Board] Permission to move the website to Ideal Solution hosting
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeff Lawton <jeff at idealso.com>
> Date: Jun 20, 2007 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [Board] Permission to move the website to Ideal
> Solution hosting
> To: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com>
>
>
> $ 299 per year. I am willing to trade against this for advertising also.
> thanks.
>
> Jeff Lawton
> Ideal Solution, LLC
> 517-485-2650 ext 220
> jeff at idealso.com
> http://www.idealso.com
>
>
>
>
>
> Matt Arnold wrote:
> > We have been wating for you to give us the numbers that beat the
> > competitor's numbers Ron provided. Make us an offer with numbers, and
> > we'll have something to say yes or no to.
> >
> > In the meantime I found out by talking to my podcasting friends that
> > audio files for a podcast can be webhosted on Archive.org for free and
> > this is what most of them do with good results. So, we aren't looking
> > at an increase in bandwidth this year after all.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > On 6/13/07, Jeff Lawton <jeff at idealso.com> wrote:
> >> Matt,
> >> I just wanted to follow up and see what's going on with the Penguicon
> >> hosting.  It seems like the conversation has gone quiet and I am not
> >> sure if we got it stuck somewhere, if you are still checking other
> >> things out, etc.  Thanks.
> >>
> >> Jeff Lawton
> >> Ideal Solution, LLC
> >> 517-485-2650 ext 220
> >> jeff at idealso.com
> >> http://www.idealso.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Matt Arnold wrote:
> >> > Thanks, Ron. That's very informative. I think I'm confused by one
> >> > thing though, and there might be a typo. The highest month, 783 MB, is
> >> > lower than the average of 197,749 MB.
> >> >
> >> > -Matt
> >> >
> >> > On 5/26/07, Ron Blanchett <rrcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> For starters over the last year we averaged 197749.375 MB
> >> >> a month (added all bandwidth used and divided by 12). I can
> >> >> give an average that includes a broader range as that will give
> >> >> a better average of our actual bandwidth usage because the 3-4
> >> >> months up to con and the 3-4 months after con are very big
> >> >> bandwidth usage months for us. The other 4-6 months are heavy but
> >> >> not as heavy. Example of our lowest bandwidth month in the last
> >> >> 12 was 34 MB and the highest was 783MB.
> >> >>
> >> >> With Matt planning to put Audio and Video clips up on the site
> >> >> I can see these numbers going well over 1TB a month on the
> >> >> top end.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> As for the great things that our current host give us. The
> >> Intermediate
> >> >> level of the matrix on this page outlines the features they give us:
> >> >> http://interlix.com/services/zope-plone-hosting/hosting-matrix.
> >> >> On top of the things listed on this matrix our current host has
> >> >> redundent
> >> >> internet connections through several different providers. And they
> >> >> run there
> >> >> hosting environment from here:
> >> >> http://www.springnetunderground.net/assets/main.html.
> >> >>
> >> >> More info about our current provider can also be found our their
> >> >> website:
> >> >> http://interlix.com.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you need more info just shoot me an email: muteid10t at gmail.com
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> -Ron
> >> >> Penguicon Webmaster
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> >> From: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com>
> >> >> To: Jeff Lawton <jeff at idealso.com>
> >> >> Cc: Marshal Newrock <marshal at idealso.com>; Charles Ulrich
> >> >> <charles at idealso.com>; Ron Blanchett <muteid10t at gmail.com>
> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:39:08 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: Fwd: [Board] Permission to move the website to Ideal
> >> >> Solution hosting
> >> >>
> >> >> Jeff,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm forwarding this to Ron Blanchett who can give us solid numbers on
> >> >> Penguicon's bandwidth usage and its averages from high months to low
> >> >> months. He can also tell us what benefits our current hosting
> >> provider
> >> >> is giving us, which I.S. would have to beat.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ron,
> >> >>
> >> >> Jeff and Marshal and Charles from the computer lounge are talking
> >> >> about coming up with a dedicated server for us at Ideal Solution if
> >> >> you decide to go with that. I know our current hosting is great, but
> >> >> you are the best person to say why it's so great. They don't
> >> charge us
> >> >> for massive 100 GB monthly overages-- what else does our current host
> >> >> do really well? Please tell them everything so you can see whether
> >> >> I.S. can do us even better. Of course it is 100% your decision.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Matt
> >> >>
> >> >> P.S. Jeff, keep in mind I'm going to start putting up one or two new
> >> >> 50 MB sound files every week for a podcast to countless people. We've
> >> >> never really done bandwidth like this before.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 5/23/07, Jeff Lawton <jeff at idealso.com> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  and for the rest on the months what did they use? ON AVERAGE
> >> >> >  Jeff Lawton
> >> >> > Ideal Solution, LLC
> >> >> > 517-485-2650 ext 220
> >> >> > jeff at idealso.com
> >> >> > http://www.idealso.com
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  Marshal Newrock wrote:
> >> >> >  The highest bandwidth used in a month last year was 900GB. That's
> >> >> > close enough to a terabyte for me.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Wed, 23 May 2007 10:07:25 -0400
> >> >> > Jeff Lawton <jeff at idealso.com> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  They are on there own server because they are crushing a
> >> database and
> >> >> > they are doing more traffic. I dont think that the penguicon
> >> site is
> >> >> > doing a terabyte every month.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Jeff Lawton
> >> >> > Ideal Solution, LLC
> >> >> > 517-485-2650 ext 220
> >> >> > jeff at idealso.com
> >> >> > http://www.idealso.com
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Charles Ulrich wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  Marshal Newrock wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  The info I have says that it needs to be able to pull at least a
> >> >> > terabyte in a given month, and survive a slashdotting. I don't yet
> >> >> > have a peak bandwidth number, though.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  If that's the case, do we want to consider a dedicated server? How
> >> >> > much traffic does Elderly pull in a month?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
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