On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 04:52:46PM +0100, David Gerard wrote:
On 17 September 2011 15:50, Kim Bruning
<kim(a)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
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