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["Chris Bartels" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

I'm new here- been lurking for awhile, this is my first message to the list.
I have just recently started tinkering with OpenStack after discovering it
recently. I started with virtualization using ProxmoxVE for Windows desktop
hosting back in 2009-2010. 

 

I'm interested in launching a small business venture in which I would
utilize OpenStack installed to server hardware I'd build myself & rent VPS
instances. Nothing major, just 1 server- about a $4,000 investment upfront.
Whatever money it makes would be reinvested in additional hardware to
facilitate backups & server replication for failover.

 

I'm no expert at this, and would be learning the ropes as I go along, so I'd
be starting slow, with a self-funded project as opposed to raising VC
funding or something like that.

 

Someone told me in IRC that some Datacenters are willing to rent rack space
to small businesses who need the use of redundant infrastructure to run
their operations & was wondering if anyone on the list here would be able to
point me in the right direction to learn more about such services.

 

If anyone has experience with working with such arrangements & could share
your experiences, what to look for in a datacenter, what to be careful of,
what's typical in terms of rent & what-not I'm all ears. If people could
recommend one over another I'd be interested in hearing why one's better
than another. I don't know where to begin, & I figured why not start here on
the list.

 

Basically, I just want to be able to utilize redundant power & internet
somewhere, where I'd be guaranteed a safe operating environment for my
hardware. While I do have fiber running to my apartment, it's hardly the
place to run a home based business of this nature. I couldn't imagine a
customer wanting to rent a garage/apartment based VPS when they could get a
proper colo for the same price. And I'm not in this to be the discount place
either.

 

So- any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

 

Kindest Regards,

-Christopher