From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 31 5:39:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-american.com (sage-american.com [216.122.141.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6114237B404 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 05:39:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from SAGEONE (adsl-64-219-30-8.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [64.219.30.8]) by sage-american.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA03565; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 07:39:21 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20020131073916.018e6ae0@mail.sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@mail.sage-american.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 07:39:16 -0600 To: David Banning , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: jacks@sage-american.com Subject: Re: hosting question In-Reply-To: <20020131002221.A19445@sympatico.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You are probably talking about "virtual hosting" where you rent space on a server and can add a number of hosts. Most likely, that would be a "name-based" server where the domains all share the same IP address, but can be found with their individual domain names. The hosting biz is very competitive and a major shake-out is going on, so good luck! At 12:22 AM 1.31.2002 -0500, David Banning wrote: >If I wanted to start a little business hosting simple web sites, >where I could offer small business >customers the ability to use www.customer_name.com, >what kind of server should I have set up? > >My internet host offers something called domain servers, and virtual >servers. With both customers can have www.customer_name.com. > >Would the virtual server option allow me to set up a number of different >(customer) websites, each with customer_name.com ? > >My idea is not to get into the equipment business (other than my home >FreeBSD machine), but rather buy the >use of someone elses server for the job. > >What kind of a server/service am I looking for? > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin =================================================== Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!" =================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message