No Buck Rogers Budget

[Byron L. Sonne]

> okay. i understand. a 10kVA UPS can be 100K itself.
> Fine...but the budget is around 20k to 50k..you should be able to get 
> some decent stuff for that.

I used to work in/help run the datacentre for the hospitals in downtown 
  Toronto (UHN/MSH), so I do have some useful information to offer. 
However, what I think you need to do, is to give more detail. For 
instance, what exactly is the nature of the business? what will they be 
doing? What are the SLAs (service level agreements)?

With such a low amount of money for a datacentre startup, I would 
suggest you look into financing, that is to say, don't buy the equipment 
just rent it instead. It's not without its problems but it will let you 
stretch your dollars further.

Give me as much detail as you can, and I'll be happy to pour over it and 
contribute what I can. I'm sick at home right now, and I could use 
something to keep me occupied.

You'll probably find that bandwidth will be your biggest cost, if not in 
the initial provisioning, in the recurring costs. It's sick how much 
that shit costs. Whatever you do, don't bother using a 'home' type 
account for it. Use something meant for business, that way you'll have a 
right to scream and bitch when/if they fuck up your connectivity.

A friend and ex-coworker of mine started up a community colocation 
service, I think you should probably check this out 
(http://tccp.dreaming.org/). Colocation of some kind is your best bet in 
terms of economics for bandwidth.

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