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| dog199200
Guest | | Re: Server Search (23rd Feb 08 at 2:37am UTC) | | | i know there isn't much of a reason to bump this, because i had gotten my answer, but can i please get an answer if the servers that i posted the links to would work.. | |
| dog199200
Guest | | Re: Server Search (24th Feb 08 at 10:09am UTC) | | | ok so i'm going to take that as a no... | |
| Dylan
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pmwwwmsnaimxfire | | Re: Server Search (24th Feb 08 at 4:40pm UTC) | | I didn't look at the servers you posted but, I highly suggest not buying your own server unless your going to colocate it even then it's not a good idea.
If you colocate your own server and a harddrive fails you have to pay for a new one and pay a technician to install it. Colocation is usually the same price for a decent dedicated server with allthe things listed below.
If you run it out of your house, you have to manage it, your home internet connection won't be good for running a server it'll be slow. You don't have UPS , you don't have the massive firewalls that datacenters have. Your not there 24/7 to replace hardware. You most likely don't have backups of all your hardware. You probably won't get a discount for some software like datacenters get.
If you go through a data center you get, 24/7 tech support(if it doesn't have it don't get it). They will replace the hardware if it fails, you get some software support, they have multiple bandwith providers. They have big firewalls to fight ddos.
Those are just some simple breakdowns. NOTE: not all things I said are true for every data center but a good one should have all those plus more. | |
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| dog199200
Guest | | Re: Server Search (24th Feb 08 at 5:34pm UTC) | | | ya i know all the risks...I have been informed of all of that from my schools technical manager...i asked him like what i would need to set one up and what problems i might have before i even considered getting one. But i'm not to keen on the idea of using a host. I would rather know that i have fun control of my data at all time. To begin with the server will be going towards running a MMORPG game, so it would be best if i had my own server. Also as for the internet slowing down. Thats ok with me, i'll just get a better internet, but i thing DSL will work fine enough as it is. Umm as for the firewall..umm if i'm going to do it i will do it right, i don't care how much money i end up putting into the server to make it a safe as possible. But as for the breaking down and discounts you do have a point, i am only 16 and i have a hard enough time as is getting money for i cant seem to get a job anywhere...again that puts me at host or my own...i am thinking about starting out using a host and then when i am better fit to run a server myself then i'll buy one... | |
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pmwwwmsnaimxfire | | Re: Server Search (24th Feb 08 at 5:51pm UTC) | | ya i know all the risks...I have been informed of all of that from my schools technical manager...i asked him like what i would need to set one up and what problems i might have before i even considered getting one. But i'm not to keen on the idea of using a host. I would rather know that i have fun control of my data at all time. To begin with the server will be going towards running a MMORPG game, so it would be best if i had my own server. Also as for the internet slowing down. Thats ok with me, i'll just get a better internet, but i thing DSL will work fine enough as it is. Umm as for the firewall..umm if i'm going to do it i will do it right, i don't care how much money i end up putting into the server to make it a safe as possible. But as for the breaking down and discounts you do have a point, i am only 16 and i have a hard enough time as is getting money for i cant seem to get a job anywhere...again that puts me at host or my own...i am thinking about starting out using a host and then when i am better fit to run a server myself then i'll buy one...
The thing with a dedicated server is that it's so you and only you control your data, the datacenter won't login do anything to server unless you tell them to or you break a law or the TOS. Most of the time if you do either they jsut unplug it and charge you money to get it back up and your data is still there.You shouldn't ever loose data if your doing backups daily of your harddrive.
If your worried about not having control of your data think about htis.
*I hate to use this example but I must*
are you familiar with probaords.com they use around 107 servers I beleive, they have them all located at a datacenter called theplanet (www.theplanet.com) they never lose data to the host. You just need to get a reliable host.
I can recomend a few....
http://theplanet.com
http://thenynoc.com/
http://www.softlayer.com/
If you still have any question's on datacenters or anything feel free to IM me. | |
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| dog199200
Guest | | Re: Server Search (24th Feb 08 at 6:13pm UTC) | | | ah will do and i'll check out those hosts | |
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