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On 11-02-13 06:54 PM, Ben Rousch wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Mike Williams <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:knightperson@zuzax.com"><knightperson@zuzax.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I'm curious. Why insist on colocating your own hardware at that kind of
price when you can rent a virtual machine from a cloud provider like
Amazon's S3 much more cheaply? Is there some specialized hardware on the
machines that can't be virtualized, or maybe security fears?
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I can't speak for Bruce, but generally people co-locate for one of two
reasons: 1. You actually control your own hardware instead of a
virtual machine ultimately owned by someone else in a far-off land. 2.
You can have much larger amounts of RAM and especially HD in your own
server compared to what you can usually get from a VPS for the same
price.
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Ben, you got it absolutely correct. What I am doing requires a large
amount of CPU usage and RAM. I have all the hardware, I just need
better bandwidth, no port blocking, and a static IP would be nice.
The current 2M up on my residential line is not keeping up. I am
also displeased with the blocking of incoming ports such as port 80.<br>
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Like I said before, I have the hardware and want to put it to task.<br>
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font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ASUS KGPE-D16 Dual Socket
G34 AMD Mother Board<br>
AMD Opteron 6128 Magny-Cours 2.0GHz Socket G34 115W 8-Core
Server Processor<br>
Crucial 6GB DDR3 1333<br>
Corsair Nova 32GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive</span></span><br>
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Planning on buying standard hard drives for bulk storage and
back-ups at some point.<br>
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<a href="http://loric.dyndns.org:90/junk/">http://loric.dyndns.org:90/junk/</a><br>
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On 02/13/2011 04:30 PM, Clay Ashby wrote:
I'm interested in the details. I'm planning on doing some hosting services
in the future. Is this purely for redundancy; like a "hot site"? Is it for
hosting websites redundantly, or other services as well?
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Bruce Smith <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:blubdog@gmail.com"><blubdog@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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It is honestly just a project for my own enjoyment and learning.
This is why price is a major factor. Though, I have considered
providing free or extremely cheap hosting to some non-profit groups
like the Muskegon Railroad Historical Society.<br>
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