[TriLUG] Online Cloud Offsite Backup

Tue Dec 22 11:39:15 EST 2009

you are not coming off as a salesman at all. i would love to talk after
the next meeting. 

On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 11:26 -0500, Ron Kelley wrote:

> Please define "average".  Our links can burst up to 100Mbps - so link capacity is not an issue.  We currently pay about $75/256Kb but we can leverage other "unused" bandwidth and try to bring the price down a bit.
> 
> BTW - if anyone is interested, we can always get together during/after the holidays for a meet-n-greet and discuss this sort of stuff (maybe at the next TriLUG meeting?).  We have lots of spare hardware and can easily spin up a couple of ESX servers for those who just need VMs.  We also have some 8-bay fiber channel RAID chassis that can provide excellent off-site-storage for you guys (currently stocked with 8x1TB IBM enterprise-class drives in RAID5).  Just bring in your own server with FC cards or use one of servers.  BTW - this is an excellent way to leverage VMs and off-site backups.
> 
> Hope this does not sound too much like a salesman.  I am just trying to throw out some options for you guys...
> 
> 
> -Ron
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Clay Stuckey wrote:
> 
> > so what would be a ball park to estimate for total price of a 3u server
> > with average bandwidth utilization
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 10:39 -0500, Ron Kelley wrote:
> > 
> >> Thanks to everyone for the interest.  I have unicasted an email to a few folks already, but it appears others are interested.  So, here is the skinny:
> >> 
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> My partner and I have three data center racks here in Raleigh (one at Peak-10 off Airport Blvd, one at Hosted Solutions in Cary, and one at Hosted Solutions in N Raleigh).   All of our racks have dual power feeds with redundant network drops, and we use Cisco 3560G switches as our core backbone.  Currently, we are supporting two customers (QA/Dev/Test in Cary and production in Raleigh).  We have plenty of space and bandwidth available (100Mbps burst) in either location.
> >> 
> >> Our cost from the data center is about $60/RU (includes rack space and dual power feeds), and we are charged separately for network connectivity (based upon how many Mbps we use per month).  This is a top-tier data center with 24/7/365 power, network, and high-level security (definitely not a mom-n-pop shop).  We have badges for entry and must pass a fingerprint scanner before gaining access to our racks.  Our cabinets are locked 24/7, and security guards routinely walk through the facility.
> >> 
> >> It seems lots of people need only 1-or-2 RU of space but the cost of getting into a real data center is too much.  This is where we can help.  We are not looking to make a bunch of money on this - just mainly helping out other guys who need such a facility.  This all started with our first customer who needed a data-center footprint and we just built out from there...
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> 
> >> I did not mean this as an advertisement - just thought I could help out some other Linux guys out there. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -Ron 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Clay Stuckey wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I am very interested. Is there a cost involved? Do they have good
> >>> physical security? Do they have adequate AC, UPS and bandwidth? How
> >>> would I gain access if I ever needed to perform onsite service?
> >>> 
> >>> Clay
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 09:48 -0500, Ron Kelley wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> If anyone is interested, I have some open rack space at a couple of data centers here in Raleigh.  You can bring in your own server, get a public IP Address, and do your own backups privately.  Of course, you could also run you own web server, etc.  Or, I can put in one of my servers for you.
> >>>> 
> >>>> -Ron
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Keith Woodie wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Is that pretty expensive?  I noticed that the price is like 0.15/gig.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Keith Woodie
> >>>>> Joan Crawford<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/joan_crawford.html>
> >>>>> - "I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I
> >>>>> spend."
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> Jungle Disk. Works great.  Allows us to easily backup our servers to Amazon
> >>>>>> storage "buckets".
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> -Ron
> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Keith Woodie <kwoodie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Is there anybody using an online "rsync" or other type of backup at home?
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Keith Woodie
> >>>>>>> Samuel Goldwyn<
> >>>>>>> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/samuel_goldwyn.html>
> >>>>>>> 
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