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authorClinton Ebadi <clinton@unknownlamer.org>
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:35:22 +0000 (19:35 -0500)
committerClinton Ebadi <clinton@unknownlamer.org>
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:35:22 +0000 (19:35 -0500)
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                                                                        <h3>What We Offer</h3>
-                                                               
-                                                                       
-                 <ul>
-                   <li>Around ten gigabytes of storage. Our quotas
-                   are only in place to prevent oversubscription of
-                   storage, and we can add more space as needed, so
-                   this number is flexible and ever-growing.</li>
+               
 
+             <p>Our service is built upon Debian GNU/Linux, Kerberos,
+             OpenAFS, and our custom services manager <a
+             href="http://wiki.hcoop.net/DomTool">Domtool</a>. Using
+             Domtool, you can configure the behavior of your domains
+             and sites in shared daemons without needing to request
+             anything from a superuser. Since we provide a generic
+             Debian GNU/Linux shell, you can write and run your own
+             daemons in whatever programming language you fancy.</p>
 
-                   <li>A publically accessible <a
-                   href="http://openafs.org">OpenAFS</a> cell
-                   (<tt>/afs/hcoop.net/</tt> the whole world
-                   round). For that extra bit of nerd cred. You can
-                   acquire tokens locally, and access your HCoop
-                   storage as if it were local disk on every major
-                   operating system.</li>
+             <p>We support Free Software, and release all of our
+             custom software <a
+             href="http://wiki.hcoop.net/Code">under Free
+             licenses</a>, and are committed to using only Free
+             Software in our infrastructure.</p>
+
+             <p>Our <a
+             href="http://wiki.hcoop.net/Hardware">servers</a> are
+             colocated at <a href="http://peer1.net">Peer1</a> in New
+             York City. They have excellent connectivity, several
+             layers of power redundancy, and helpful on-site
+             staff.</p>
 
-                   <li>General web hosting with Apache, featuring the
-                   usual languages (perl, php, python) and databases
-                   (PostgreSQL and MySQL). Unlike many providers,
-                   we'll install most anything available in Debian so
-                   you can run that Haskell web application with
-                   ease.</li>
+             <table>
+               <colgroup>
+                 <col style="width: 25%" />
+                   <col style="width: 70%" />
+               </colgroup>
+               
+               <tr><td><strong>Storage</strong></td><td> Around ten
+                   gigabytes of storage. You can request more disk
+                   space as needed; our quotas are only in place to
+                   prevent oversubscription of storage. As we add
+                   more storage, all members benefit.</td></tr>
+
+               <tr><td><strong>Bandwidth</strong></td><td>We
+               currently have 5Mbps (<a
+               href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing">95th
+               percentile</a> billing) burstable to 100Mbps. If your
+               sites see less than a hundred or so gigabytes of
+               traffic per months, we can feasibly host you. As
+               membership expands, we intend to get more bandwidth
+               (hopefully 100Mbps unmetered eventually).</td></tr>
 
-                   <li>Mail hosting for unlimited domains (including
+
+               <tr><td><strong>OpenAFS</strong></td><td>A
+                   publically accessible <a
+                     href="http://openafs.org">OpenAFS</a> cell
+                   (<tt>/afs/hcoop.net/</tt> the whole world
+                   round). This lets you access your HCoop storage as
+                   if it were local disk on every major operating
+                   system.</td></tr>
+               
+               <tr><td><strong>Web
+                     Hosting</strong></td><td>General web hosting with
+                   Apache, featuring the usual languages (perl, php,
+                   python) and databases (PostgreSQL and
+                   MySQL). Unlike many providers, we'll install most
+                   anything available in Debian so you can run that
+                   Haskell web application with ease.</td></tr>
+               
+               <tr><td><strong>Email</strong></td><td>Mail hosting for unlimited domains (including
                    <a href="https://webmail.hcoop.net">webmail</a>
                    through Roundcube), with the ability to create
-                   virtual mailboxes for friends and family.</li>
-
-                   <li>A shell account on a machine running Debian's
+                   virtual mailboxes for friends and family.</td></tr>
+               
+               <tr><td><strong>Mailing Lists</strong></td><td>Mailing lists through GNU Mailman.</td></tr>
+               
+               <tr><td><strong>Shell</strong></td><td>A shell account on a machine running Debian's
                    latest stable release. We don't mind folks idling
                    on Freenode, and you're free to do things like
-                   building software.</li>
-
-                   <li>Shared services for the benefit of all
+                   building software.</td></tr>
+               
+               <tr><td><strong>Etc.</strong></td><td>Shared services for the benefit of all
                    members. These currently include a <a
-                   href="http://git.hcoop.net">git server</a>,
+                     href="http://git.hcoop.net">git server</a>,
                    managed <a href="http://moinmo.in/">MoinMoin</a>
                    install, and Jabber chat. We hope to offer GNU
                    Mediagoblin, Diaspora*, Gitorious, darcsweb, and
-                   other services in the future.</li>
-                 </ul>
+                   other services in the future.</td></tr>
+             </table>