On 12 November 2010 18:11, Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:56 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Their current problem is that they have never had to think about this stuff, ever, and suddenly find themselves with no support and desperately gathering cash to pay their ridiculously overpriced hosting ($700/mo).
There is no reason that site shouldn't run on a moderately priced VPS. I'm talking in the $100/mo range, or less, even.
Dude. We *know*. That's what Trent from RationalWiki has been saying to them over and over - he knows what it costs to run a MediaWiki site that size, because RW is one!
Whoever got them to sign up for $700/mo hosting and five redundant servers did them like a dinner.
- d.