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<body><div style="text-align: left;">Cheers Gordon,<br><br>Yeah I used to have my own server running at home, 2k3/exchange blah blah blah, but for some reason Virgin Media keep changing my IP, and even DynDNS isn't liking it. I remember speaking to you about this earlier. I know virgin media/telewest dont' do static ip's cuz i've already asked then (when they were telewest i must admit, it might have changed tho).<br><br>I prefer the concept of a dedi-box since it should theoretically be online 24/7 where as things in my house have a tendancy to get switched off my by safety concious house dwellers, namely my parents :-(<br><br>However, like I say, I don't want to pay thru the roof for what will effectively host a low bandwith website and process a handful of emails (ok, maybe more now i'm on the kernel mailing list!), and it will act as a low bandwith file server for accessing stuff on the move. And for some reason, which i can't figure out, I would prefer a root server, probably so i know exactly whats going on on the system<br><br>Any negative thoughts on VPS's? They are so much cheaper than the dedicated systems, and for what i intend to use it for, i'm thinking a VPS is maybe best, I found a place doing a vps for 19.99 p/m+VAT, abotu £23.50 a month, which is arite i suppose.<br><br>Snyway, thanks for the links and the tips, I'll keep hunting around the now.<br><br>Cheers,<br>William<br></div><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:49:55 +0100<br>> From: gordon@zubenel.freeserve.co.uk<br>> To: dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [dundee] Dedicated Servers<br>> CC: <br>> <br>> Hi Bill,<br>> <br>> I am intending to run my own server from my home, when I get another 101 <br>> things completed. Many Linux people do this via an ASDL broadband <br>> unlimited connection. As long as the traffic is not that too heavy to <br>> annoy your ISP, it is O.K. ISP's can vary differently with this. You <br>> are right about the Virtual Private Servers , this is where many VPS's <br>> are run on one physiacl machine with alloted disk space concurrently <br>> using physical hardware and services. The individual VPS's are allocated <br>> a percentage of the hardware resources and are securely separated from <br>> one another by namespace, Virtuozzo and OpenVZ (commercial and open <br>> source respectively), operate like this. Some people feel more secure <br>> having their services based from a data centre rather than from a home <br>> location. Here are a couple of guides for setting up these things :<br>> <br>> http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch01_:_Why_Host_Your_Own_Site%3F<br>> <br>> http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_server_fedora7<br>> <br>> Have a look at them and weigh up the Pros and Cons according to your <br>> needs, I am sure other members of the Taylug have got Linux server <br>> experiences that can aid in your decisions. Whilst I have gave you <br>> Fedora links, Debian can also be a very good server distro. It is just <br>> that I am so familiar with Fedora and I may be biased in my thinking as <br>> I think the server capabilities of Fedora outshines many distros for <br>> ease of use and application e.g. I have never had any problem using and <br>> configuring Apache, Light Apache, FTP, NFS and Samba servers.<br>> <br>> Gordon <br>> <br>> <br>> William Cameron wrote:<br>> > Hey Guys,<br>> ><br>> > I'm interested in getting a dedicated server so i can have a central <br>> > location for all my stuff on the net, and maintain a web and email <br>> > server or myself. I've looked around a little, and some of the <br>> > companies sites i've visited are quite expensive.<br>> ><br>> > Was wandering if anyone could recommend any companies they've maybe <br>> > found good in the past or are with just now that aren't too expensive.<br>> ><br>> > I'm looking for a root server, I'm more of a windows server guy to be <br>> > honest, but i DO want a *nix box, partly cuz their cheaper, and the <br>> > fact i'm part of a linux usergroup.. so it would be also be a toy to <br>> > play around with from that perspective too. Also I noticed some <br>> > places doing VPS, virtual private servers, which i assume are like <br>> > virtual pc's, with serveral on teh one physical machine.. do these <br>> > operate from my point of view, like any other root server, except that <br>> > the resources may be shared between several of the companies customers.<br>> ><br>> > Hope someone can shed some light onto the situation, and help me get <br>> > things running soon.<br>> ><br>> > Cheers,<br>> > Bill<br>> ><br>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> > The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail <br>> > <http://www.newhotmail.co.uk><br>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>> > dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>> > Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>> dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>> Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br><br /><hr />Email straight to your blog, upload jokes, photos and more. <a href='http://specials.uk.msn.com/spaces/default.aspx ' target='_new'>Windows Live Spaces, it's FREE!</a></body>
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