12 Jul
2015
12 Jul
'15
11:24 a.m.
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From: Thomas Stocking <thomas(a)gandi.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] Hosting for sudoroom?
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Hi,
We noticed this:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Hosting
We think maybe Gandi cloud VPS could work as a prod node. Want to try
it? We can give you a free trial.
Let us know if you are interested.
- Thomas
12 Jul
12 Jul
1:03 p.m.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:24 AM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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From: Thomas Stocking <thomas(a)gandi.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] Hosting for sudoroom?
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Hi,
We noticed this:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Hosting
We think maybe Gandi cloud VPS could work as a prod node. Want to try
it? We can give you a free trial.
Let us know if you are interested.
Hm, is it just me or are those bandwidth prices pretty steep. Also I hate
that they don't use USD to list their prices.
--
marc/juul
3:30 p.m.
Side by side with digital ocean, it looks like they're somewhat comparable
depending on the tier we're considering.
I was still kinda hoping that we'd eventually have a physical server in
some co-location for our exit server. Or that if we ever got a fiber
connection somewhere, we'd actually host the exit on or own server. Until
that time, I guess we are going to need a VPS.
Digital Ocean is pretty easy to deal with, their prices are pretty
transparent, we're unlikely to hit their transfer limits any time soon,
they have servers on the SF Level3 tier, and the the "droplets" that we've
been using have been totally satisfactory so far. We did get one abuse
complaint from an IP troll lawyer, but I just told Digital Ocean that we'd
look into and they were satisfied with that answer. I don't know how they
would feel about us getting many more complaints.
Gandi only has servers in Baltimore, their prices aren't super transparent
(they use that credit thing, and you get discounts for buying them in bulk
which encourages being locked in for longer periods of time), but their
setups are much more configurable (you can choose arbitrary amounts of
various system attributes. I've never used their VPS service, but I imagine
that it's fairly comparable, though Digital Ocean's droplet system does
make for very simple management. The advantages I see here are that the
company is located in France, so there might be some advantageous legal
situation. They might be less likely to be bothered by abuse complaints.
And they cold called us, which means that they might be willing to make
some kind of deal.
I say we take them up on their free trial if we can avoid giving them a
credit card up front. No harm in having another machine to test on. I've
been meaning to migrate/make a copy of the exit server provisioning script
to Ansible, so this would be a decent excuse to make that happen. We could
also inquire as to their policy about abuse complaints?
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:24 AM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thomas Stocking <thomas(a)gandi.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] Hosting for sudoroom?
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Hi,
We noticed this:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Hosting
We think maybe Gandi cloud VPS could work as a prod node. Want to try
it? We can give you a free trial.
Let us know if you are interested.
Hm, is it just me or are those bandwidth prices pretty steep. Also I hate
that they don't use USD to list their prices.
--
marc/juul
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7 p.m.
For any who are not aware, Gandi.net has since 1999 promoted themselves as
an ethical domain registrar, and my web savvy friends/associates seem to
generally regard them as "good guys." From their "about us" page:
"Gandi considers itself to be an ethical domain name registrar in an
industry that has some 'grey' practices. It values the customers rights and
privacy above all else and seeks to defend these wherever possible."
I would not expect them to have the best prices, but the value-alignment
might be high.
Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]] on the wiki
On Jul 12, 2015 3:31 PM, "max b" <maxb.personal(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Side by side with digital ocean, it looks like
they're somewhat comparable
depending on the tier we're considering.
I was still kinda hoping that we'd eventually have a physical server in
some co-location for our exit server. Or that if we ever got a fiber
connection somewhere, we'd actually host the exit on or own server. Until
that time, I guess we are going to need a VPS.
Digital Ocean is pretty easy to deal with, their prices are pretty
transparent, we're unlikely to hit their transfer limits any time soon,
they have servers on the SF Level3 tier, and the the "droplets" that we've
been using have been totally satisfactory so far. We did get one abuse
complaint from an IP troll lawyer, but I just told Digital Ocean that we'd
look into and they were satisfied with that answer. I don't know how they
would feel about us getting many more complaints.
Gandi only has servers in Baltimore, their prices aren't super transparent
(they use that credit thing, and you get discounts for buying them in bulk
which encourages being locked in for longer periods of time), but their
setups are much more configurable (you can choose arbitrary amounts of
various system attributes. I've never used their VPS service, but I imagine
that it's fairly comparable, though Digital Ocean's droplet system does
make for very simple management. The advantages I see here are that the
company is located in France, so there might be some advantageous legal
situation. They might be less likely to be bothered by abuse complaints.
And they cold called us, which means that they might be willing to make
some kind of deal.
I say we take them up on their free trial if we can avoid giving them a
credit card up front. No harm in having another machine to test on. I've
been meaning to migrate/make a copy of the exit server provisioning script
to Ansible, so this would be a decent excuse to make that happen. We could
also inquire as to their policy about abuse complaints?
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:24 AM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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From: Thomas Stocking <thomas(a)gandi.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] Hosting for sudoroom?
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Hi,
We noticed this:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Hosting
We think maybe Gandi cloud VPS could work as a prod node. Want to try
it? We can give you a free trial.
Let us know if you are interested.
Hm, is it just me or are those bandwidth prices pretty steep. Also I hate
that they don't use USD to list their prices.
--
marc/juul
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