Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:49:01 -0500 (EST) From: Darren Henderson <darren@nighttide.net> To: bsdnooby <bsdnooby@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good rentable servers? Message-ID: <20050221093506.I65255@olmec> In-Reply-To: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net> References: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net>
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, bsdnooby wrote:
>
> Instead of getting a fixed IP address at my house, and having a noisy machine
> running all the time - I think I might want to try renting a dedicated
> FreeBSD server. It would be used for running Apache, phpBB, email, listserv,
> and a few other services. I found several places that have dedicated FreeBSD
> machines to rent, their prices seems to all be $99 a month.
>
> Is there a cheaper or better option? Maybe a virtualized server or a jail?
If that is all you want to do then just go to a hosting service -
www.pair.com would be my recommendation. They use FreeBSD exclusively,
support the open source world in general and FreeBSD in paticular. An
account to do the kinds of things you mention would be about $18/month.
-Darren
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