Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:29 AM
To: Bill@MediaCoast.net
Cc: Leslie K. Thomas; Dwight McInvaill?
Subject: Georgetown County - Digital Library Project

Thanks for taking time to learn about our project and discuss web-hosting considerations. Given the significant impact that high resolution image files can have on storage and bandwidth requirements, the hosting decision will be deferred until we’ve had a chance to work with our (yet to be selected) digitizing vendor to establish resource expectations.

The remote dedicated server concept you mentioned may turn out to be a good strategy for us to pursue; possibly allowing for both adequate storage capacity and high bandwidth for transmission of Digital Library content while offloading technical responsibility of routine server administration, including backup and disaster recovery.

We appreciate you explaining the business relationship between MediaCoast? and Georgetown County Government and will look for opportunities to leverage the provided capabilities in future projects. From our conversation, it’s clear that the current service level would not be appropriate for Digital Library content, related web applications, and websites requiring Microsoft FrontPage? Extensions.