The Office of Human Resources is on www1. We have no plans to make any changes. Wendy ________________________________ Wendy Volkman Web Manager Office of Human Resources Kristofer Layon wrote: > I have some clients' sites on www1, but could happily move them. I > can't think of an argument for keeping them there; I'm sure most > clients would gladly go to a /name.umn.edu/ domain instead of their > current /www1.umn.edu/name/. > > (though I'm sure, now that I said this, someone would surprise me…) > > Kris > > > Kristofer D. Layon > Director of Web Design & Online Collaboration > 612.624.4545 : [log in to unmask] : http://blog.lib.umn.edu/layo0002/work/ > - - - - - - > Office of the Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration > University of Minnesota Twin Cities > http://www.academic.umn.edu/system/ > > > > On Jan 26, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Peter Wiringa wrote: > >> My brief input, following from both Gabe and Andre, is basically a >> "me too," too. I've sent some comments off list to Patton about some >> of our particular needs. >> >> The big, big thing we'd like to see: MySQL hosting. We have a RHEL >> virtual machine with OIA right now, which will be the replacement for >> an ancient server in our closet. Since we could host our databases on >> the VM we had to pay for, rather than pay $15/DB more to continue >> hosting with JaWS, we elected to move ours. We'd prefer a centrally >> managed DB service for this, but it works just fine. To some extent, >> we have almost too much control with our VM, and are in a position >> where a small staff that has a lot of breadth, but not a great deal >> of depth (or real redundancy) in system administration, would rather >> go with a standard offering and contract for any necessary time by >> real sys admins to do a bit more work. It's not much, but we worry >> about operational continuity. A more restricted VM might meet our >> needs very well. >> >> Andre's cPanel note is about a +10 for me. >> >> A bigger issue for University Relations is having a plan for the >> future of the 'the' web hotel (www1.umn.edu). Are any other groups >> still hosting content on www1? Architectural and infrastructure >> decisions that go back to the early or mid 90s have left the >> centralmost web hosting in an interesting state. Look at almost any >> other institution out their, higher ed or corporate, and their >> equivalent to (www.)umn.edu is their home page, in the realm of >> marketing. Because central auth, people search, and other services >> reside on www.umn.edu <http://www.umn.edu>, other traffic is passed >> over to www1. Basically, the central marketing space at the >> University has been co-opted for technical reasons, and it's a bigger >> issue we'd like to see resolved, though it could understandably take >> years to unwind. >> >> Again, anyone else on www1? What are you plans? Anyone from OIT able >> to share anything on this? >> >> -- >> Peter Wiringa >> Electronic Communications >> University Relations >> University of Minnesota >> (612) 625-3252 >> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >> "I gotta hold on to my angst. I preserve it because I need it. It >> keeps me sharp, on the edge, where I gotta be." - V. Hanna >