From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 15:14:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920EB16A4CE; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:14:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsdnerds.org (pcp0011384308pcs.ebrnsw01.nj.comcast.net [69.248.83.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55BB43D54; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:14:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org) Received: by bsdnerds.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 60BA26156; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:14:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by bsdnerds.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6515613C for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:14:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE1D55B57; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:13:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C0BC16A4CE; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:13:38 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA99116A4CE; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:13:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dexter.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [66.93.17.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFE5943D58; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:13:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@dexter.starfire.mn.org) Received: (from john@localhost) by dexter.starfire.mn.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id j1LFDTR63318; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:13:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from john) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:13:29 -0600 From: John To: bsdnooby Message-ID: <20050221091329.A63277@starfire.mn.org> References: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net>; from bsdnooby@optonline.net on Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 02:44:01AM -0500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on bsdnerds.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.5 tests=none autolearn=ham version=2.64 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good rentable servers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:14:05 -0000 On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 02:44:01AM -0500, 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. Would it really need to be DEDICATED? Many ISP's offer virtualized servers - the hardware would be shared with other virtual domains. I don't know what all services you need, but web and e-mail certainly can work in the virtualized environment. Check it out - see if it is for you - I know that SkyPoint used to offer this when I worked for them (www.skypoint.net). -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"