[Info-vax] Where is EISNER:: and who funds it?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/20/21 12:45 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/20/2021 12:16 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 12/20/21 8:12 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 12/20/2021 12:32 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> On 12/19/2021 6:48 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> On 12/19/2021 5:32 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>>> In article <a6553b0e-2769-49cd-9bf6-5e361524a8dcn at googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>> "alanfe... at gmail.com" <alanfeldman48 at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>> On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 5:43:26 AM UTC-5, Volker Halle 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> EISNER is co-located in a data center of VSI since a couple of 
>>>>>>>> years.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Volker.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you know what city? Whose data center? Just curious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, VSI is in Burlington.
>>>>>
>>>>> Given the size of VSI and the fact that it is 2021 then there is a
>>>>> pretty big probability that they use external hosting.
>>>>
>>>> How many external hosting sites offer a DS20?  That's what it was 
>>>> running on last I heard.
>>>
>>> Probably none.
>>>
>>> But a lot of hosting facilities offer rack space where a
>>> DS20 will fit.
>>
>> If you are providing the hardware and the software what exactly is the
>> advantage
> 
> You get a specialist to handle all the computer room / data center
> work: power incl. UPS, cooling, network connectivity, fire protection,
> access control etc..
> 
> A small company could do all that themselves, but either it would not
> be done right or it would be way more expensive than paying someone
> that does it for thousands of customers.
> 
>>            of putting your data in someone else's hands?
> 
> The risk that the hosting provide would steal data is
> probably not one of the bigger concerns.
> 

It's not just the hosting company's employees you need to fear.
I don't understand all the trust people seem willing to place
in the hands of people you really don't know and have no control
over.  Maybe I'm just getting cynical in my old age but I don't
really see a reason to trust strangers whose only real interest
is how much the can get out of my wallet.

bill