From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 15:34:50 2005 Return-Path: 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 867E716A4CE; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:34:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-208-53-189.new.rr.com [24.208.53.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FD3143D54; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:34:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (jericho.polands.org [172.16.1.35]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1LFYmRZ046163; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:34:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1LFYlw4081230; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:34:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@jericho.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j1LFYlKZ081229; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:34:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:34:47 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: John Message-ID: <20050221153447.GA81098@polands.org> References: <42199141.1070301@optonline.net> <20050221091329.A63277@starfire.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050221091329.A63277@starfire.mn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org cc: bsdnooby cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good rentable servers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:34:50 -0000 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