Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:34:47 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: John <john@starfire.mn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good rentable servers? Message-ID: <20050221153447.GA81098@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20050221091329.A63277@starfire.mn.org> References: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net> <20050221091329.A63277@starfire.mn.org>
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 09:13:29AM -0600, John wrote:
> 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).
>
Here's another company that offers FreeBSD virtual servers:
http://www.johncompanies.com/jc_bsd.html
--
Regards,
Doug
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