On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 04:52:46PM +0100, David Gerard wrote:
On 17 September 2011 15:50, Kim Bruning kim@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote:
My first instincts for de.wikipedia would be to note down de.wikipedia's usage statistics, get a bunch of techies together, and all go have a nice chat with say hetzner.de, to figure out roughly what things will cost. You can always start a bit small and work your way up.
Starting small is *most definitely* the way to go. Citizendium burned through enough funding for *20 years* in three years by ridiculously overestimating their server needs.
Zigzacktly.
Rent for a decent single server these days is around Eur 100/month (with a one-off setup fee around the same numbers)
It's probably wise to have a plan (and a little spare cash) on hand, should usage skyrocket, of course.
sincerely, Kim Bruning