[dundee] Dedicated Servers

[William Cameron]

Cheers Gordon,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).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 :-(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 systemAny 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.Snyway, thanks for the links and the tips, I'll keep hunting around the now.Cheers,William> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:49:55 +0100> From: gordon at zubenel.freeserve.co.uk> To: dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk> Subject: Re: [dundee] Dedicated Servers> CC: > > Hi Bill,> > I am intending to run my own server from my home, when I get another 101 > things completed. Many Linux people do this via an ASDL broadband > unlimited connection. As long as the traffic is not that too heavy to > annoy your ISP, it is O.K. ISP's  can vary differently with this. You > are right about the Virtual Private Servers , this is where many VPS's > are run on one physiacl machine with alloted disk space concurrently > using physical hardware and services. The individual VPS's are allocated > a percentage of the hardware resources and are securely separated from > one another by namespace, Virtuozzo and OpenVZ  (commercial and open > source respectively), operate like this. Some people feel more secure > having their services based from a data centre rather than from a home > location.  Here are a couple of guides for setting up these things :> > http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch01_:_Why_Host_Your_Own_Site%3F> > http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_server_fedora7> > Have a look at them and weigh up the Pros and Cons according to your > needs, I am sure other members of the Taylug have got Linux server > experiences that can aid in your decisions.  Whilst I have gave you > Fedora links,  Debian can also be a very good server distro. It is just > that I am so familiar with Fedora and I may be biased in my thinking as > I think the server capabilities of Fedora outshines many distros for > ease of use and application e.g.  I have never had any problem using and > configuring Apache,  Light Apache,  FTP,  NFS and Samba servers.> > Gordon  > > > William Cameron wrote:> > Hey Guys,> >> > I'm interested in getting a dedicated server so i can have a central > > location for all my stuff on the net, and maintain a web and email > > server or myself.  I've looked around a little, and some of the > > companies sites i've visited are quite expensive.> >> > Was wandering if anyone could recommend any companies they've maybe > > found good in the past or are with just now that aren't too expensive.> >> > I'm looking for a root server, I'm more of a windows server guy to be > > honest, but i DO want a *nix box, partly cuz their cheaper, and the > > fact i'm part of a linux usergroup.. so it would be also be a toy to > > play around with from that perspective too.  Also I noticed some > > places doing VPS, virtual private servers, which i assume are like > > virtual pc's, with serveral on teh one physical machine.. do these > > operate from my point of view, like any other root server, except that > > the resources may be shared between several of the companies customers.> >> > Hope someone can shed some light onto the situation, and help me get > > things running soon.> >> > Cheers,> > Bill> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------> > The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail > > <http://www.newhotmail.co.uk>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------> >> > _______________________________________________> > dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list> > dundee at lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee> > Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk> > > > _______________________________________________> dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list> dundee at lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee> Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk
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