[postgis-users] PostGIS hosting?

[Craig Miller]

I would like to note that WebAppCabaret said they would be happy to add the
PostGIS extensions.  They are a very reliable hosting provider which I have
used in the past.  My only problem with WebAppCabaret, and others like them,
is that they seriously charge for disk space used.  I have a low bandwidth,
high disk space requirement.  Since most providers don't have a plan for
this out of the box, I have had little luck crafting an affordable hosting
plan.  Nearly every PostgreSQL hosting provider has been willing to install
the PostGIS extensions to PostgreSQL for me.  The rest of the stuff I am
just setting up myself.

So the real goal, isn't finding someone who will do it, it is finding
someone who will do it for a reasonable price.  Specifically, not
overcharging for disk space usage.

I am negotiating with a couple of people and if it works out, I will let
everyone here know.

--Craig


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Ramsey [mailto:pramsey at refractions.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:30 AM
To: PostGIS Users Discussion
Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS hosting?


If you get a enough people together, a dedicated box starts to look
pretty good:

   http://www.netnation.com/products/dedicated-110c.php

Once you start hosting data (as opposed to just web maps) I bet
bandwidth could potentially become an issue.

Stephen Frost wrote:

> * Darren Houston (dhouston at beyondcompliance.ca) wrote:
>
>>Just a thought, but from what you said you wanted in a hoster, it might be
>>more practical if you bought a server and just payed to have your server
>>hosted at any established (local?) ISP. Else, you can try to find a
fledgling
>>hosting company that wouldn't mind going that extra mile to get new
clients. I
>>asked an acquaintance of mine, who hosts on Windows servers, if he new of
>>anyone, but the answer was, "No, and what is PostGIS and GeoServer?".
Anyone
>>else have any "inside" contacts?
>
>
> I tend to agree with you here, on pretty much all accounts.  As for
> having an 'inside' contact- I'm the admin for a friend who runs a local
> ISP that does hosting.  I'm not sure if he'd be interested, and there's
> not all *that* much bandwidth available at the moment, so I'm not sure
> it'd work there.  My guess is that he'd want it on a seperate server
> anyway, so it'd have to justify that cost, esp. if the server is only
> going to be used for one person.
>
> Does anyone else have interest in this type of hosting arrangement?
> What would people think of having 'common' datasets loaded in a public
> area (such as the TIGER dataset)?


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