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On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Blackburn wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> (**please excuse the cross-posting**)
>
> I am looking for help on coming up with the most optimal
> "configuration" of
> server hardware for our library.

I'd recommend hosting offsite unless:

* You have really private stuff, that you really need to stay private.

* You can afford to have people on-call whenever you care about being
online.

* You can afford redundancy for a lot of gear, and the skill and
planning to test the redundancy on a recurring basis.

For normal web hosting, though, you just can't beat the commercial
guys. Even cheap, cheap, cheap hosting (Dreamhost, for example) is
really good -- uptime is constant, backups are automatic, restores
are trivial, and you really have a lot of freedom in what you can
install and run.

-Nate
Wendt Library