[sf-lug] New SF Community Colo up and running

[jim stockford]

extra cool! what's the form factor for your box?
1U, 2U, ?

On Mar 3, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Pavel Dudrenov wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I have a dual XEON 2.5Ghz, just siting here, gathering dust. Don't 
> even remember how much ram it has . It was 2 or 4 gigs.
>
> On that note I'm down to to share the cost and have the machine used 
> to the benefit of sf-lug, so far as I can use it for a couple of 
> personal project myself.
>
> All the best,
> Pavel
>
> On 3/3/07, jim stockford <jim at well.com> wrote:
>> following up on this--
>>     currently SF-LUG has a machine (one of jim's towers)
>> at the coloserve/servepath facility on Spear Street, at no
>> charge thanks to Paul Lancaster of ColoServe.
>>
>>     myself, i'd like to be supportive of the SFCCP colo
>> project at 6th and Brannon.
>>     in the early days of the group there was discussion of
>> a small group of us buying a colo spot for various
>> personal projects.
>>     i'd be up for sharing the cost of a 2-U space, even
>> willing to buy a box to go in it (it'd be my box, but
>> you could do as you please).
>>     anyone interested in a SF-LUG playpen?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2007, at 12:20 AM, Ian wrote:
>>
>> > (You may have already gotten this announcement on another LUG list.
>> > For the duplicate, I apologize. This is a one-time announcement to
>> > this list, intended solely to spread the word that we exist as a new
>> > colo resource for folks interested. I appreciate your patience and
>> > understanding)
>> >
>> > Hello SFLUG people,
>> >
>> > We are writing because SFLUG folks might be interested in a new
>> > non-commercial, community network with a colocation facility in
>> > downtown San Francisco.
>> >
>> > If you operate a server for an open source project, a non-profit
>> > organization or non-commercial personal use, you qualify to host 
>> your
>> > server at the San Francisco Community Colocation Project's colo at 
>> 6th
>> > & Brannan in downtown San Francisco.
>> >
>> > Your share of the collectively-purchased space & bandwidth starts
>> > around $45/1U/month.
>> >
>> > We have helped run a non-profit colo facility in the Bay Area for 5
>> > years -- and now we are opening the doors to our newest colo in SF. 
>> We
>> > are part of a network that includes other community colos in 
>> Seattle,
>> > Chicago, Toronto and Washington DC.
>> >
>> > We are also committed to the protection of online free speech. In
>> > 2003, for example, we received a DMCA take-down order from Diebold
>> > regarding documents that had been posted to our servers that shed an
>> > embarrassing light on Diebold's eletronic voting machines. The
>> > Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) took up the case and Diebold
>> > backed down. A corporate colo probably would have forced the client 
>> to
>> > comply with Diebold's lawyers.
>> >
>> > If any of this sounds good to you, please get in touch!
>> >
>> > 1) Email us -> inquire at sfccp.net
>> > 2) Call us -> (415) 887-7679
>> > 3) Check out our website -> http://www.sfccp.net/
>> >
>> > For more information on the Diebold case, see
>> > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/27/050218
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time,
>> >
>> > Ian McLeod
>> > San Francisco Community Colocation Project
>> > www.sfccp.net
>> >
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