Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:38:58 -0500 From: Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net> To: Jason Thomson <jason.thomson@mintel.co.uk>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Colocation Services? Message-ID: <19990129153858.G25277@intrepid.net> In-Reply-To: <36B1F76F.E91F285F@mintel.co.uk>; from Jason Thomson on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 06:01:20PM %2B0000 References: <36B1F76F.E91F285F@mintel.co.uk>
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On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 06:01:20PM +0000, Jason Thomson wrote: > Can anyone provide co-location services for a (FreeBSD) web server? (Or > recommend a provider who can). It needs to be FreeBSD because we use a > custom FreeBSD application (although it could probably be ported). > Your best bet is to check with a provider who is local to Chicago. >From an ISP's point of view, the OS you run doesn't come into play when figuring a co-location agreement. We co-host Linux, solaris, and NT boxes and it's all the same to us. Geography *is* important, BTW, when something breaks and you need to drive down and fix it. Just ask our NT co-lo's ;-) Most ISP's won't provide access to "OS-level services." If you need data-base access, for example, you're probably limited to the co-location realm, unless you find an ISP that just happens to run the server, database, and middleware pieces that you need. We had someone call just yesterday who wanted to "bring her business" to us, but needed root access on our main server so she could "create accounts when I need them." I think not. --Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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