Comments on: Scalable Web Hosting — BETA to launch in July

By: Ross Cooney

Ross Cooney — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:11:35 +0000

I hope to move the first few sites onto the new system on Friday I will post more details when I have them!

By: R. Mullen

R. Mullen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:19:35 +0000

I think it’s a fantastic idea and love the detail! One thing you might consider is allowing “friends” to confederate on one account (sort of like sharing a flat).

I’ve been looking at unincorporated non-profit associations this weekend, so my head is still full of “collective” thinking. The concept could certainly support premium pricing or the requirement that such a group pay in advance to avoid issues of fair contribution.

Personally, I REALLY like the idea of knowing who is up “on my cloud!” as well is who is “managing my cloud” and wish you HUGE success!

By: web hosting

web hosting — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:07:13 +0000

Scalable Web Hosting in July sounds cool info given is good.

By: Ross Cooney

Ross Cooney — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:24:24 +0000

Hi Regina,
This service will not suit everybody. It will be focused at design firms that host complicated ecommerce websites for their clients. Typically these sorts of firms will have several dedicated servers hosted by a local ISP. While it is trivial setting something like this up it is often very hard to manage in the long term. This service will aim to replace all of that infrastructure, all of that hassle and all of that cost!

The USP’s are basically:

1) Extreme scalability (but basically peace of mind that if one of your sites is successful that it will not affect your other clients)
2) No system maintenance…you will never have to upgrade your kernel or debug your hardware settings
3) Excellent tech support…something that costs money and cant be done for $4 per month

Each customer will also get two days consulting time with one of our developers. This time can be used to help move existing sites from the old servers to the new system. Many of the people that have contacted us over the past few weeks are more interested in this service as it will allow for system consolidation.

By: R. Mullen

R. Mullen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:00:13 +0000

How could I NOT click a link that lead to a website called “spouting shite”?

Glad I did, because this is a wonderful idea.

The problem you’re going to have is that £250 pounds (what is that, like $500000 dollars?) in ADDITION to bandwidth costs is a far cry from the $25 a month for unlimited domains, with not-quite-shite tools and services many of us have now.

I’m looking at close to 200 domains, but until there’s positive cash inflow, cloud computing is beyond reach. Surely there must be a way to build even a small cloud of my own, so please keep writing about your system specs.

You might be able to sell that knowledge down the road! I’m thinking about serving as an advisor to a cloud collective, for example, because if 10 people get together on an account (or build their own), all of a sudden it makes PERFECT sense.

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By: Armin Talic

Armin Talic — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:19:28 +0000

Sounds like a great little setup.

I’m sure there are a few agencies up North raring to give your BETA a run for its money.

Good luck!

P.s. didn’t realize you were at ThursdayFizz, otherwise I would have said hello.