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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m new here- been lurking for awhile, this is my first message to the list. I have just recently started tinkering with OpenStack after discovering it recently. I started with virtualization using ProxmoxVE for Windows desktop hosting back in 2009-2010. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m interested in launching a small business venture in which I would utilize OpenStack installed to server hardware I’d build myself & rent VPS instances. Nothing major, just 1 server- about a $4,000 investment upfront. Whatever money it makes would be reinvested in additional hardware to facilitate backups & server replication for failover.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m no expert at this, and would be learning the ropes as I go along, so I’d be starting slow, with a self-funded project as opposed to raising VC funding or something like that.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Someone told me in IRC that some Datacenters are willing to rent rack space to small businesses who need the use of redundant infrastructure to run their operations & was wondering if anyone on the list here would be able to point me in the right direction to learn more about such services.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone has experience with working with such arrangements & could share your experiences, what to look for in a datacenter, what to be careful of, what’s typical in terms of rent & what-not I’m all ears. If people could recommend one over another I’d be interested in hearing why one’s better than another. I don’t know where to begin, & I figured why not start here on the list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Basically, I just want to be able to utilize redundant power & internet somewhere, where I’d be guaranteed a safe operating environment for my hardware. While I do have fiber running to my apartment, it’s hardly the place to run a home based business of this nature. I couldn’t imagine a customer wanting to rent a garage/apartment based VPS when they could get a proper colo for the same price. And I’m not in this to be the discount place either.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So- any feedback is appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kindest Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Christopher<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>