[sllug-members]: Host my own, or pay someone?

[Don on Google]

Is UTOPIA an option to you?  Even if you can't gt it where you are, see if
anyone you know can/does & if you can drop a server on their connection in
exchange for some $$ or tech work.

I pay $45/mo for 15mbit /each way/.  More than enough for my hosting needs +
/cough/ Usenet :).

I say it is definately worth looking into, if you aren't familiar with it,
google UTOPIA + Utah.  I haven't had any downtime since March & absolutely
love it.

Cheers,
Don

BTW: MStar & ATT both do not have restrictions about running a server on
their UTOPIA connections, I heard XMission does - worth checking into.

On 5/31/06, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello there linux fans!
>
> I'm about 2 inches away from my 'go live' for my business (shameless
> plug http://www.pauselivetv.com ).  Right now it's being hosted on a
> residential dynamic Comcast IP (my home linux server).  By the time
> it's actual Go Live day hits I'd like to have it hosted correctly, on
> a Commercial IP.
>
> So, I'm looking at hosting providers and Commercial ISP's.  I've not
> completely decided upon these 2, but this is what I've narrowed down
> to in my browsing:
> Comcast Workplace vs Xmission
>
> Here's my problem, and hopefully you great folks can help me with
> deciding:
>
> I have Comcast as my home ISP, and pay ~60/month for the internet and
> extremely basic analog cable TV.  That's ~4mb/sec down and ~384kb/sec
> up.  Comcast workplace will give me a static IP, ~6mb/sec down and
> ~768/sec up, no port restrictions (though I don't have any with my
> residential either), email blah, and other blah (the blah are things
> that are of very little interest to me).   All at ~$110/month.  If I
> went this route I'd drop my residential line, and use the Workplace
> account for my home internet; meaning I'd see a new output of ~$50
> additional bucks a month.
> The benefit of this option:
> I host my own.  I can do pretty much anything I want with my server,
> including extremely niceties such as NFS'ing image directories, and
> MUCH MUCH more.  I have pretty much the world as my oyster as far as
> what my server includes; and what seems very important to me is
> basically unlimited storage (currently capped at 750GB, due to my HD
> sizes ;) ) and unlimited bandwidth.
>
> My other option:
> Minimum account I'd even consider at Xmission costs me ~$50/month.
> Obviously bandwidth far exceeds that of what I'd have piped into my
> house as Xmission would host it on their >450mb/sec connection.  I'm
> not sure how limited I'd be with what I can do with the server, but
> I'm fairly sure it wouldn't be as easily tweaked as my own home server
> (it's a decent IBM eServer P4 series), at least not for the $50
> package.  I do get their excellent supply of geek knowledge!  And if I
> keep my residential Comcast service, and add this, I'm at ~$110/month
> here too; so money washes out if I go with the $50/month hosting
> package at Xmission.
>
> So, in the end, anyone have any responses on which one to go with and
> why?  Or even better, another option to throw into the mix?
>
> I linked to the site at the beginning of this message, so hopefully
> you can see what I need and see what the site requirements might match
> with (with other hosting providers and such); but, basically I need at
> least 2 mysql db's, Apache with PHP enabled, >/=PHP 4.x, ~300mb
> storage (for now), and if possible a SSL cert.
>
> Any ideas?  If I'm not clear on something, please ask, I'll be happy to
> clarify.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chad
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