Well the server has arrived and is currently being configured by some of the best minds in the Ruby-on-Rails world (who have coincidentally just started a Google Group on Rails deployment).

For our first server we went with a Dell with Dual processor, Dual-core AMD Opterons, 2 GB of ram and a hardware Raid 1. It ended up being chosen by taking the servers we could afford and then dividing the price by the estimated SpecWeb score for web hosting performance.

Here’s the requisite just out of the box pic- soon it will be among thousands of friends in a co-lo.

We have the hardware and we’re fast making progress on the development- although there is still much to do. We expect to have the first version of the site opened up for testing soon- so be sure to signup now. If there are no big problems we’ll quietly open up to the public a month or so later. Then we’ll be rolling along and ready for a bigger launch with all the requisite fanfare. The countdown is on!