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* UK-based (to simplify compliance issues) | * UK-based (to simplify compliance issues) | ||
Suggested infrastructure | ;Suggested infrastructure | ||
* | * ''Confidential data''; CiviCRM, Office Wiki, Ticketing, Source Control etc. | ||
* | * ''Community''; Public wikis, community services/software (Etherpad, QRPedia etc.) | ||
* ''Services''; email, mailing lists, etc. | |||
* ''Development''; for testing & pre-production deployment | |||
* ''Hot Backup''; of both the above & office data | |||
Later on: | |||
* ''Mirror''; on different provider, mirroring essential services etc. | |||
* ''Archival storage''; long term cold storage for backup data | |||
There are a couple of suppliers that would meet these requirements, I will outline them below. | There are a couple of suppliers that would meet these requirements, I will outline them below. | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 19 November 2012
Outline for the new infrastructure/servers:
- Easy to migrate (OpenStack based; which is also open source so another plus!)
- Secure (multiple servers, sandboxed instances)
- Versatile ie. easy to maintain (cloud-based to allow quick migration & scaling)
- Resilient (Hardware failure tolerant)
- UK-based (to simplify compliance issues)
- Suggested infrastructure
- Confidential data; CiviCRM, Office Wiki, Ticketing, Source Control etc.
- Community; Public wikis, community services/software (Etherpad, QRPedia etc.)
- Services; email, mailing lists, etc.
- Development; for testing & pre-production deployment
- Hot Backup; of both the above & office data
Later on:
- Mirror; on different provider, mirroring essential services etc.
- Archival storage; long term cold storage for backup data
There are a couple of suppliers that would meet these requirements, I will outline them below.
Suppliers
- Rackspace (http://www.rackspace.com)
- FireHost (http://www.firehost.co.uk)
- Coreix (http://www.coreix.net)
- Elastic Hosts (http://www.elastichosts.com)