[Cialug] Xen Virtualization Server

[Theron Conrey]

Todd,

25$ a month is right where I'm asking.
I'm not looking to kickstart a hosting business, I'm looking to get the services I host out of my basement and into a "real" datacenter. To offset the cost and allow others to do the same I have a donated server that is well beyond what I need. (server stats at xenkibbutz.com)

Turning one massive server it into multiple VMs makes sense, and I can carve up the server for other people well this way.

I don't like doing things a new and exciting way if others are already effectively doing the same thing I want to accomplish, so I'm using the model established by the guys at xen-hosting.com.  Other people are doing this as well, using their model.

In my current day job I'm a systems administrator for Dice.com in charge of their VMware infrastructure.   I've been keeping food on my family's table with *nix for just over 10 years, (although I prefer brewing beer to working on computers), I enjoy long wal..er nevermind.

More server details can be found at xenkibbitz.com

-Theron



-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Todd Walton
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:05 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Xen Virtualization Server

On 9/7/07, Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
> While in theory I'd be more interested in a CentOS or a Fedora VM,
> current economic trends prevent me from joining such a worthy project
> (IOW, I have no money - at least none that I can spare for this).  I
> hope that you're able to find enough interest to make this worthwhile.

Same here.  I have money to spare for this, but not that much.  I could pay... $25 a month.  I'd love to do it, but maybe $25 isn't feasible for you.

Are you looking to kickstart moving into the hosting business?  Or are you more trying to support having a virtual server for yourself for whatever reason?  Also, excuse me if you've said before, Theron, but what experience do you have in system administration in general?

-todd
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