RE: Hosting lag time
you wrote: >> now, if you're talking about collocation of equipment, location >> is a HUGE factor when you have to get up at 3 AM to go reboot a server. Unless of course your hosting company provides you with remote control reboot capabilities that don't require a tech. Then it is easy to reboot your servers at 3AM. Still if your host is a 1,000 miles away, it does make it a bit tougher to change out that defective memory chip. Look for hosting companies that can also monitor your server and let you know when it there is a problem and notify you via a pager or email. Some hosting companies can even automatically reboot your servers for you after some interval you set like 30 minutes or an hour. And then make sure techs are available late at night if you need them to install a new drive or memory. Good luck, - Steve Steve Pierce, HDL "Co-Location starting $99 per month, no setup fee" (734) 482-9682| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://HDL.com -Original Message- From: Chris Meier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Hosting lag time The location isnt as important as the available bandwidth. Would you rather host on "Joe's Bait Shop and Web Hosting", which is next door but only has a single t-1, or on a company in another state with multiple OC3's? now, if you're talking about colocation of equipment, location is a HUGE factor when you have to get up at 3 AM to go reboot a server. -Original Message- From: LetchfordDesign [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hosting lag time This probably is too basic a question to be asking such a high powered group, but here it goes anyway. I am going to be moving a few web sites from a hosting company that is in close proximity to my location and the location of the businesses that have the web sites. In my search for a new host (which will provide ColdFusion, naturally), how significant is the factor of where the servers are physically located? The businesses are all locally oriented and most of the site traffic is created by clients in the local area (east coast in this example). Is there any advantage to having the hosting company close by or could a company on the west coast provide service with little evidence of additional load time for the sites? In advance, thanks for your thoughts! Gary Letchford Letchford Design http://www.letchforddesign.com -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
RE: Hosting lag time
The big question is hat is their connection to the Internet more than where they are physically located. You need to find out who is their upstream provider, what sort of connection do they have. Is it shared, and then you need to test it. If you don't have time for that, then find the cheapest guy with the best support and hope for the best - Steve -Original Message- From: LetchfordDesign [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hosting lag time This probably is too basic a question to be asking such a high powered group, but here it goes anyway. I am going to be moving a few web sites from a hosting company that is in close proximity to my location and the location of the businesses that have the web sites. In my search for a new host (which will provide ColdFusion, naturally), how significant is the factor of where the servers are physically located? The businesses are all locally oriented and most of the site traffic is created by clients in the local area (east coast in this example). Is there any advantage to having the hosting company close by or could a company on the west coast provide service with little evidence of additional load time for the sites? In advance, thanks for your thoughts! Gary Letchford Letchford Design http://www.letchforddesign.com -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
RE: Hosting lag time
I would suggest hosting at a FIRST Teir provider (someone with a direct connection to MAEEAST or MAEWEST anyone in the Tysons Herndon Area that connects straight into MAEEAST is going to be pretty quick and reliable assuming they have redundancy built in. CAIS, PSINET, UUNET etc but you will pay more however you will have great reliablitly. I have a dedicated server at Digital Nation, a 1st teir dedicated server provider in Northern VA, NEVER have had a big problem. In the last year maybe 3 times there was a 10 minute outage and that was it. Kelly > -Original Message- > From: LetchfordDesign [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Hosting lag time > > This probably is too basic a question to be asking such a high powered > group, but here it goes anyway. > > I am going to be moving a few web sites from a hosting company that is in > close proximity to my location and the location of the businesses that > have > the web sites. > > In my search for a new host (which will provide ColdFusion, naturally), > how > significant is the factor of where the servers are physically located? > The > businesses are all locally oriented and most of the site traffic is > created > by clients in the local area (east coast in this example). Is there any > advantage to having the hosting company close by or could a company on the > west coast provide service with little evidence of additional load time > for > the sites? > > In advance, thanks for your thoughts! > > Gary Letchford > Letchford Design > http://www.letchforddesign.com > > > > > > -- > > Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk > To Unsubscribe visit > http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or > send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in > the body. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
RE: Hosting lag time
The location isnt as important as the available bandwidth. Would you rather host on "Joe's Bait Shop and Web Hosting", which is next door but only has a single t-1, or on a company in another state with multiple OC3's? now, if you're talking about colocation of equipment, location is a HUGE factor when you have to get up at 3 AM to go reboot a server. -Original Message- From: LetchfordDesign [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hosting lag time This probably is too basic a question to be asking such a high powered group, but here it goes anyway. I am going to be moving a few web sites from a hosting company that is in close proximity to my location and the location of the businesses that have the web sites. In my search for a new host (which will provide ColdFusion, naturally), how significant is the factor of where the servers are physically located? The businesses are all locally oriented and most of the site traffic is created by clients in the local area (east coast in this example). Is there any advantage to having the hosting company close by or could a company on the west coast provide service with little evidence of additional load time for the sites? In advance, thanks for your thoughts! Gary Letchford Letchford Design http://www.letchforddesign.com -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
