Re: Word back from VA Research

["Aaron D. Turner" <aturner@best.com>]

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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Micah Yoder wrote:

> > Reality is that NaviSite will provide better connectivity than VA
> > Research, but for our purposes it shouldn't be that major.  Also, NaviSite
> > is a "data center" company, meaning that providing space for Internet
> > servers is their primary business- something that VA Research can't say.
> > I'll try to swing it both ways- VA Research server & NaviSite
> ....
> 
> Can you talk NaviSite into giving us a "clone" homebuilt box?  Would be
> cheaper for them than a Compaq anyway.  Is the only problem the fact
> that they're planning to use a Compaq?

They have an extra Compaq 800 that they'd be willing to donate to the
cause.  It's not a question of manufacture, but rather horsepower, RAM,
and disk space.
 
> And are you sure they're providing a system *DEDICATED* to this?  We
> won't be sharing the resources with something else?

It's a dedicated box that we can do with as we see fit.  (Well as long as
we don't sell it or something...)

> If that's not the case I'd say go with VAR...
> 


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