Adventures in F,O, X, & 0

There are a few reasons why these may make most sense for me: Leading edge, so they are interesting and challenging technically For the same reason, user are more likely to be technical, and happy to work with JustOneGuy and email rather than the typical flashy panel interfaces available everywhere Less competition I'll be hosting at a site where the only charges are for power - which should be very low for an ARM My only concern is that the focus for ARM-based servers seems to be on system where (for example) 100 5W processors are jammed in 2U. Nice density, but I don't pay for space, but I do have do come up with the capital for the initial servers, and this would be way out of my price range. Some interesting links: Calxeda Opens The Kimono.. A Sneak Peek At Calxeda’s ARM-Based Servers KVM for ARM

Hmm... fun fun fun. My current feeling is that the KVM/VPS is the way to go - slicing a single box into 10 x 50/mo = 500/mo = 6,000 pa. Needs to be comparatively cheap because there'll be no control panels, web interfaces etc. Many of the alternative ideas rely on volume - but I can see enough problems getting 10 sign-ups, let alone 100+ with some of the other things I've considered. So, having a play with a trial VPS at OpenHosting...