18 Responses for "Important Announcement"

1. tsutton December 22nd, 2002 at 12:27 am 1

   “if anyone could hook me up with a cheap deal on colocation, that’d also be an enormous help.”

   Check out http://oneandone.co.uk/xml/static/server

   Used to be £69 per month, now it’s £29 for dedicated server.

2. idigital December 22nd, 2002 at 1:01 am 2

   Hmm… the pricing’s not bad, but the servers they offer aren’t flexible enough for what I need. I need to replace the “standard” installation of Apache, with a version of Apache compiled with mod_perl built into it, as opposed to an external module. Basically, I need my own box(es) and _cheap_ colocation.

3. tydel December 22nd, 2002 at 1:06 am 3

   Colocation or a dedicated server?

4. tsutton December 22nd, 2002 at 1:08 am 4

   E-mail them and see if they can do a customise package

5. tydel December 22nd, 2002 at 1:10 am 5

   I love that whole “dedicated” server scam. It’s not dedicated :P

6. tydel December 22nd, 2002 at 1:11 am 6

   You can get this:

   Intel Celeron 1.3
   512MB RAM
   60GB IDE HDD
   400GB/mo BANDWIDTH ($1.50/gb OVER)
   Plain Red Hat 7.2

   For $99/mo here in the US, which is about 60GBP/mo

7. idigital December 22nd, 2002 at 2:25 am 7

   Well I need to be able to replace apache and stuff so fake “dedicated” Ensim environments won’t do.

8. idigital December 22nd, 2002 at 2:25 am 8

   Ensim is awful.

9. tydel December 22nd, 2002 at 3:11 am 9

   Well, traditionally:

   Colocation = You supply the hardware, you use their connection.
   Dedicated = They supply the machine and connection.

   Look into what I posted below.

10. idigital December 22nd, 2002 at 4:11 am 10

    WOW. That’s amazing. What kinda control do you get over the server? Full “you’re REALLY root and if you’re stupid enough you can run rm -rf / if you want to and nothing can stop you” level of control, or is it limited?

    Depending on the uptake of paid accounts at Minilog.com I might well consider that. Hell, I might consider switching dcginternet and Rocket Dog Creative to that, too…

11. tydel December 22nd, 2002 at 2:02 pm 11

    We have 6 of those servers at work (well, not that model, but the same premise) and you get total control of the physical machine. First thing I did was uninstall everything that comes stock, and re-compile apache, postfix, and named.

12. idigital December 23rd, 2002 at 11:35 am 12

    I will have to seriously consider that… I’ll wait until my current dcginternet server contract expires, and let you know…

13. idigital January 8th, 2003 at 11:36 am 13

    Dude, I want to do this - I want to move dcginternet, minilog.com and rocketdogcreative, along with all of their users and customers - who/what/when/where/how do i get this?

14. tydel January 8th, 2003 at 1:04 pm 14

    Who - You
    What - Order Online
    When - Now
    Where - http://www.rackshack.net/
    How - Browser :P

15. idigital January 8th, 2003 at 1:09 pm 15

    Dude, Ensim’s everywhere. I HATE Ensim. Can I kill it if I go with them?

16. idigital January 8th, 2003 at 1:11 pm 16

    Never mind… didn’t see that they offered it without Ensim…

17. idigital January 8th, 2003 at 1:20 pm 17

    One other thing… reliability? What’re they like?

18. tydel January 8th, 2003 at 1:57 pm 18

    We’ve only really had intermittant problems with one of our servers, and that’s pretty much solved now.

    We run member-based paysites, so availability is a must ;)