From setback to Step-Up

Shuklendu  /  Nitin

They say , calamities arrive in battalion !
First it was blocking of a/c by InMobi
Next it was withdrawal by HP Labs
And now it is hard-disc crash !

Let us turn these setbacks to into “ Opportunities “

Ø  InMobi

       Hopefully , they will unblock our a/c this week. But if they do not , Shuklendu may want to examine possible integration of our apps with Ad Networks of Google / Yahoo / AdMob / Komli etc

Ø  HP Labs

       Let us redevelop My Jobs along the lines of Resume Blaster – with the same revenue-sharing arrangement as we have agreed upon for Resume Blaster
       And introduce several improvements ( including Cookie ) which we wanted . Also make it “ light “

Ø  Hard-Disc Crash

Currently , our server has 2* 500 gb hard discs

Kailas recommends 1 TB and will today , try to find price / delivery from DELL . Order to be placed after consulting Shuklendu

In the meantime , can we consider hosting the web site on that surplus server ? In the past , we have several times talked of using this server for splitting the processes. Shuklendu may advise Kailas re this

This would be a temporary solution to get the site up-and-running by TODAY evening

 For long-term solution , pl examine :

·         Daily back-up on the CLOUD . I believe several web sites offer such dynamic service . Of course , this will still NOT solve the problem of any future crash of hard-disc

·         Moving our site totally onto CLOUD. Once again , I believe , Google / Amazon / MS etc offer such services. Once , Shuklendu mentioned that there are even Indian Cloud-Service providers

Questions to be asked in this case , are :

# Will this ( total shifting to Cloud ) be cheaper ( as compared to our current / own cost of self-hosting )?

   Kailas to tell Shuklendu what exactly does it cost us today to host our site by ourselves and what is the average monthly data-transfer today

  Based on this Shuklendu could figure out what will be the monthly charge of hosting on the Cloud

Of Course , the amount of data-transfer will sharply go up once hundreds or thousands of users start emailing their resumes , thru My Jobs and Resume Blaster. This may be difficult to estimate but future data-transfer monthly charges ( by Cloud service providers ) can be easily computed based on some “ guesses “ of future data-transfer amounts

Immediate “ cheapness “ is not an issue . We must look at long-term cheapness of Cloud Vs Self-hosting

Of course , Cloud has certain other advantages ( over self-hosting ) such as :

·         Rapid scalability to cope-up with any sudden future increase in data-transfer. Additional capacities can be added dynamically within hours , to cope with increased demand ( in slabs )

·         Hopefully , no more “ Crashing “ of hard-discs and stopping of web site. When daily traffic/ visits go up to thousands , this factor becomes very critical. But , we may still be a few months away from such a situation

The most important thing right now is to get our site UP and RUNNING today , since there is hardly any traffic currently

After talking over with Kailas , I would request Shuklendu to phone me and apprise me of the actions planned

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