[OT] Server share opportunity

[Nadav Har'El]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "Re: [OT] Server share opportunity":
> > Several friends renting a dedicated server on a server farm are looking
> > for more participants to share the cost and resources.
> A word to the wise - don't.

I'd like to offer different advice:

If you plan to use full virtualization - where each person maintains his
own operating system - then don't bother with such a "coop" - you'll
probably get the same prices from a commercial host.

If you are a highly-paid professional - don't bother with such a
"coop" - your time is more valuable than your money.

But, if you are the Shachar or Nadav of 1998 - both of us had such a
coop at the time (a different one) - i.e., an aspiring computer
professional but not yet highly paid or with family and kids (i.e.,
you still have some control over your time), and if a coop offers you
the opportunity to maintain an operating system *together* with other
people (not a separate OS for each person), then don't immediately say
no. You might learn a lot from this opportunity, and get a lot of
experience which isn't easy to get otherwise.

> Recently, I broke up a partnership (two people sharing a server), and
> went completely solo. At 10???/month
> (http://giga-international.com/?show=vserver) I rather doubt you'll
> manage to be much cheaper.

I agree.

> best of me. I would rather pay a couple of dollars extra a month, but
> know that I am completely master of my own domain.

This is true if you are capable of running the server completely
by yourself, and have time to take care of *everything* yourself.

Nadav.

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