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Cloud Hosting - NShadow CDN - NightShadow - November 7th, 2013 So, to compliment the release of ShadowPost (my social network software) in March, I had an idea (soon to be project if funding is secured) to start up a small cloud host with affordable prices. It will mainly host ShadowPost communities but can aim at sponsoring established open source projects. The three locations I had in mind for servers were: Chicago Area (Continuum DC in Lombard, IL) Dallas (CoreXchange in Dallas, TX) Denver (Handy Networks in Denver, CO - COMING SOON) Here is a map of the locations also: http://nshadowcode.net/serverloc.png It will be a KVM/CloudStack powered cloud with a custom panel (though with Solus at the start possibly?), and price at a flat rate instead of per hour, and have fair overages if needed, such as $2.50 monthly for 10GB of space, etc. All bandwidth would be unlimited on a shared 100Mbps line, in which the user can upgrade to 1Gbps for $25/mo. Hard drive space is RAID 5 protected with SSD caching coming soon. Open source project sponsoring would equal free or low-price hosting for mid-to-large sized open source projects, that may have outgrown SourceForge or GitHub for example. It would all depend on what the project managers need, for example, we could offer a site for free, and a mirror for software downloads possibly for $5-20/mo. What do you think? RE: Cloud Hosting - NShadow CDN - Darth-Apple - November 7th, 2013 Seems like a great concept with a good start. The flat rate is definitely very unique for a cloud host. Also, how is your ShadowPost project going so far? RE: Cloud Hosting - NShadow CDN - NightShadow - November 7th, 2013 (November 7th, 2013 at 7:04 PM)Darth-Apple Wrote: Seems like a great concept with a good start. The flat rate is definitely very unique for a cloud host. It's going well, I'm still working on the code, mainly setting up my test server (a HP laptop running Debian) soon. Also, I will offer a beta plan for the software if anyone's interested. Until July 1, 2014, testers will get: 20GB HDD Unlimited Bandwidth No post cap No user cap ShadowPost HE v1.x Subdomain (you.nshadowcdn.com) Chicago/Lombard server location After that, plans will start at $12.99 a month, but you're free to discontinue using it if you don't want to pay! RE: Cloud Hosting - NShadow CDN - Darth-Apple - November 7th, 2013 (November 7th, 2013 at 7:08 PM)NShadow-Shane Wrote:(November 7th, 2013 at 7:04 PM)Darth-Apple Wrote: Seems like a great concept with a good start. The flat rate is definitely very unique for a cloud host. Sounds great. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses. |