From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200409292008.i8TK83X15309@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Server unreliability
In-Reply-To: <20040929152954.L93533@ganymede.hub.org>
To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:08:03 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pirtle@gmail.com>,
	PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www@postgresql.org>,
	PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Mitch Pirtle wrote:
> 
> > Hi Bruce, we met in Manhattan for your NYPHP presentation - I was the
> > lone PostgreSQL cheerleader in the back ;-)
> >
> > You ask for proposals, no matter how radical, so here goes:
> >
> > o  Location of servers
> >
> > Pending bandwidth requirements, I am willing to sponsor hosting of
> > these sites, possibly on dedicated hardware.  But I need some ideas of
> > bandwidth usage so I can figure out which strategies make the most
> > sense financially.  BTW be glad your servers are not in Florida, I
> > have one client that is in a significant amount of pain right now.
> 
> The server location is not changing, but thank you for your offer ...
> 
> > o  FreeBSD
> >
> > I'm agnostic in this regard, but have experienced that Linux distros
> > seem to be the easiest to maintain (Debian, Fedora).
> 
> Again, operating system isn't changing, but thank you for your offer ...

I assume you mean "not changing" while you are administering the
servers.  I don't remember any community agreement that the current
setup was permanent, and my thinking now is that all avenues are open
for exploration.  

I am not ready to dismiss this offer/idea.

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