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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:49:20AM +0200, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> On 6/28/12 10:59 PM, Anders Logg wrote:
> > The web server has been down since ca lunch today due to some broken
> > cable. I have no information on when it will be back up again.
> >
> > It seems that the current host (Simula IT services) is somewhat
> > unreliable so I'm investigating the possibility of moving the server
> > to an external host.
> >
> > I've had good experience with http://www.scorpiondata.com/ in the
> > past. Comments and input on other options are welcome.
>
>
> Since the site is just a collection of static pages, the details of the
> server end don't matter too much. If you've experienced decent uptime
> with scorpiondata and it you can check[1] that it a site on it loads
> reasonably quickly from different places--outside Sweden :)--then it
> will work for our needs.
>
> Harish
>
>
> [1] Google Analytics suggests that fenicsproject.org has received
> maximum traffic from the following countries over the past few months.
>
> United States
> Germany
> United Kingdom
> France
> Norway
>
> Perhaps we can make sure the host we pick isn't too slow in these
> places. This can be checked using a site like http://loads.in/

Thanks! I'll check this.

I've contacted scorpiondata with some specs to get a quote.

--
Anders