From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 17:31:29 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 5B2BB16A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:31:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 291D443D53 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:31:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1D3HP4-0001Y0-Jr; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:31:26 -0700 In-Reply-To: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net> References: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Message-Id: <289f1e458e7ed0b5ef19e9b954dfce39@shire.net> From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:31:25 -0700 To: bsdnooby X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) cc: List Free Bsd Subject: Re: Good rentable servers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:31:29 -0000 On Feb 21, 2005, at 12:44 AM, 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? Whatever you do, make sure that the server you get has redundancies built into it -- redundant power supplies, mirrored disks, ECC RAM etc. These are thing things that keep your machine up and running even when there are failures. They separate the crap servers from the professional ones. Chad