It seems that someone has been running BP on a private server, with mixed success (due to system resource restrictions, etc.). Just thought those handling the test server side of things might want to talk with them about how they have fared...could be a good source of information that would be helpful in setting BP up on a dedicated server (and could also be a source of more testers for the new beta).
here's the link:
www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=89662.0