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> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:21:36 -0800<BR>> From: jof@thejof.com<BR>> To: jna@retina.net<BR>> CC: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] colo in and around SF?<BR>> <BR>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:12 PM, John Adams <jna@retina.net> wrote:<BR>> > Amazon EC2 instances are about $50-60/month for the small instance. In<BR>> > this day and age there is no rational reason to run your own colo'd<BR>> > server.<BR>> <BR>> Agreed, for most projects a hosted VM is plenty fine. However, if you<BR>> have special heavy IO or security and isolation requirements, no<BR>> shared hosting platform will beat a dedicated host.<BR>> <BR>> That said, on the VM front I'd recommend:<BR>> - EC2<BR>> - Chunkhost<BR>> <BR>> And on the physical colo front:<BR>> - Cernio<BR>> - Monkeybrains<BR>> - Layer42<BR>> - 365 Main / GNI<BR><BR>
Thanks for the recommendations!<BR>
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Mitch.<BR>
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