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Re: Web Host Concept
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Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:49:28 GMT
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At 06:52 PM 11/5/2003, you wrote:
> The problem with this model is that the "organization" has a certain limited
> amount of space, let's say 100 GB for example. Now, let's say two people
> join.
> Do you give them each 50 GB? Then no one else can sign on. Or do you
> give them
> 10 GB to use, and then allow eight more people to sign on? Or do you give
> them
> unlimited use, at which point everything will soon be gone?
To answer the question, it will be unlimited. But I don't think you can
generalize and say "everything will soon be gone". Do you think you could
build a website that has even 1GB of stuff on it? Even my entire collection
of downloaded brickfilms was only around 400MB. I must have had thirty
films in it. No, personally (you may disagree; I'm not about to argue) I
think unlimited space is the least of the worries. And if we have more
people than we have space for, we'll buy another drive on the server. Simple.
> The model you give is not economically sound with respect to elasticity. The
> more people sign up, the less each pays, but the less space each person
> can get
> if you want to utilize all the space. Alternatively, you could allot a
> limited
> amount of space to each member, but then you would be stuck with a lot of
> unused
> storage space.
This is true, assuming that the space available never increases. Okay,
another HDD is bought. Among the 100 members (for we must assume we have
that many members at the very least to fill up the space we already have),
the cost goes up very little for at least twice again as much space as
there was in the first place.
> If the price is re-evaluated each month, then does that mean that people can
> only join at specific dates?
I hadn't thought about that, but I don't see why signups couldn't be held
until a certain date. Sure, it delays the process, but maybe people will be
smart about when they sign up? I know that's not good logic...It's an
interesting point, though, one worth considering. Perhaps a partial price
could be automatically calculated based on the last month's payment and the
time remaining till the next adjustment.
> Your business model works for a server that costs X amount of dollars and
> contains an infinite amount of space. That means that there is no exact
> prices
> for each "byte" in your perfect machine. But in the case of the real world,
> each "byte" does have a fixed price.
>
> This leads to the conclusion that the only way to go about this in a
> manner that
> can be flexible is to just have people pay for a specific amount of
> space. That
> way, things are much more stable.
How do "normal" hosts that offer unlimited resources do it then? This is
something I neglected to mention before...all the other hosts offer a
static package for a static price, regardless of usage. Sure, you can buy a
bigger package. Okay, if you want to pay more for the same thing here
that's fine with me. :)
> Or am I missing something?
Perhaps. It's possible my thick skull is missing things too. I'm happy to
listen to anything you all have to say. :)
Terry, I'll reply to your post tomorrow. I gotta hit the sack now.
~Mike
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