I am looking for the BEST damn deal out there, found one for $30 a month http://serverpronto.com/ but looks pretty barebonish. I wont be hosting any games off of this, it will be for website, ftp, file hosting, and maybe some ventrillo/teamspeak programs. Please help me find the best deal out there, I do know that I want cPanel as the control panel, since that seems to be the most popular out there.
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Dedicated server - Help me find a cheap
- Thread starter mokkapoop
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Any reason you need a dedicated one? I'm trying to get my mind around the idea of a dedicated server being anywhere near that cheap without there being another shoe...but you can probably just get hosting services for the first three. TS/Vent...er...it depends if it uses a peer network with a central server telling them who to connect to, or if it's a star...the peer thing would be much more efficiant and all you'd really need is a static IP or dynamic DNS. Never used either so can't say for sure.
- Is there a particular reason you need a dedicated server? It sounds like normal hosting services should work fine for the first three. Also I'm wary of a $30 dedicated server offer, as I'm used to seein git for a lot more.
- You might be able to host TS/Vent on a home connection depending on its bandwidth requirements - do you know what those are?
Other than my unusual punctuation formatting it vocally rather than literarily - the sentences are just fine, thanks. If you dont like the answer just say so and maybe I can help better if you give input as to why rather than just blowing me off.
If you decide to go ahead with that place make sure their TOS allow resale. Also see if you can estimate how much bandwidth the TS/Vent will be using per month. I know it looks like they offer a lot, but once you add everything together you might well end up going over your bandwidth cap and ending up with a hefty unexpected bill.
I'm not too confident about there being only 256MB memory on the package you're talking about either.
I'm not too confident about there being only 256MB memory on the package you're talking about either.
Michigan PC
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sprry I have absolutely no experience with this type of thing but can't you use an old crappy computer as a server?
napster0317
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I agree with Michigan PC , I have a 1ghz p3 in my living room, that is running a wifi connection at the moment and is serving my site just fine. I play emulators on it as well as watch movies off of it on my 52 inch tv... it has 300+mb of ram and a single 80gb hd. the OS is up to you. but that machine, other than the time that the cats unplugged it has been up for about 17 days, , also a little hint, you know how the fans are good for so many hours, well I use some html and java scripts to keep an eye on the amount of time that they have been running, but that is another post some where else on the [H]
1. For what they are charging for a year ($360), you could probably buy your own low-end server box. IF you already have a static IP connection, then it's probably more cost-effective in the long run to roll your own server. That is, unless you are planning on hosting something mission-critical. Throw a free linux distro on the server box and you are good to go. In two years, the cost will have paid for itself, and you will still have the server box sitting there. It's a little more work, but you will have total control over your server box, and can upgrade it later with more memory, without having to go to a higher monthly rate.
2. Ashmedai's English is just fine....In fact, ending a sentence with elipses does not create a run-on. A run-on is, by definition, a sentence plus another sentence or clause that is not punctuated at all. I suppose that since he only had three periods instead of four, that his elipses technically didn't end the sentence, but instead were elipse splices, not run-ons. Still, that is such a minor mistake that I've seen my English professors in my graduate classes do exactly the same thing (I am an English teacher and currently in grad school as well). I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you are going to attempt the role of Lord High Grammar Nazi, it's probably better to know what you are talking about in the first place.
2. Ashmedai's English is just fine....In fact, ending a sentence with elipses does not create a run-on. A run-on is, by definition, a sentence plus another sentence or clause that is not punctuated at all. I suppose that since he only had three periods instead of four, that his elipses technically didn't end the sentence, but instead were elipse splices, not run-ons. Still, that is such a minor mistake that I've seen my English professors in my graduate classes do exactly the same thing (I am an English teacher and currently in grad school as well). I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you are going to attempt the role of Lord High Grammar Nazi, it's probably better to know what you are talking about in the first place.