RE: getting started with web hosting(alabanza)

2000-09-28 Thread Mark Basil
Not at all. They are worldwide. --MB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris S Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: getting started with web hosting(alabanza) i am in canada, does alabanza only

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-27 Thread Rob Hardowa
I agreemore isn't always better. I mean, more RAM is always desireable, and SCSI drives are better, and of course a separate machine for a database server is a security/performance plus, but none of these is necessary by any means. I run a 100MHz Pentium as my development machine in which I

RE: getting started with web hosting(bandwidth)

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Mead
At 09:34 AM 9/27/00 , Chris S wrote: >we have a dedicated cable line, i don't think there is anyone sharing it >with us. i do know that the @home business package is totally separate >from the regular @home line that people normally get into their homes. if >we wanted to host 100 2page sites

RE: getting started with web hosting(alabanza)

2000-09-27 Thread Chris S
i am in canada, does alabanza only offer their services in the states? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://pr

RE: getting started with web hosting(bandwidth)

2000-09-27 Thread Chris S
site, strictly informational(no database requirements), how much bandwidth would we be able to get away with? would a dedicated business cable line suffice? >From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: getting started

RE: getting started with web hosting(bandwidth)

2000-09-27 Thread Chris S
site, strictly informational(no database requirements), how much bandwidth would we be able to get away with? would a dedicated business cable line suffice? >From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: getting started

RE: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Mark Basil
ginal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Juha Saarinen Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: getting started with web hosting %-> Yup, Alabanza looks interesting, but comes complete with poor %-> responsive

RE: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Juha Saarinen
%-> Yup, Alabanza looks interesting, but comes complete with poor %-> responsiveness %-> to security issues. Witness the recent postings on bugtraq. As well as frequent mentions in news.admin.net-abuse.email for being unresponsive about resolving spamming issues... think their IPs might be on a

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread thornton
ditto, ditto, ditto. RAM good! SCSI good! Dual processors good! I'd point out though, that if you can get two machines -- one for a dedicated DB and another for web serving -- that is often better performance- (and cost-) wise than a single monster machine intended to do both. Web servers and d

RE: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Chris Watt wrote: > At 03:10 PM 9/26/00 -0700, Balazs Wellisch wrote: > >Don't even attempt to do web hosting on a cable modem. You may get T1 one > >speeds downstream but you only get 128K upstream. Not nearly enough for web > >hosting. > > I think you're jumping to conclusi

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 07:17:12PM -0400, Mark Basil wrote: : If you are planning to become a web host, why not look into Alabanza. They : offer a complete hosting environment, all based on Redhat 6.1. All tasks, : setting up domains, billing, etc. is all automated to make your life just a : lit

RE: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Mark Basil
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris S Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: getting started with web hosting i would like to host multiple sites on my server and was wondering where to start. more specifically how to configur

RE: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Chris Watt
At 03:10 PM 9/26/00 -0700, Balazs Wellisch wrote: >Don't even attempt to do web hosting on a cable modem. You may get T1 one >speeds downstream but you only get 128K upstream. Not nearly enough for web >hosting. I think you're jumping to conclusions, cable modem systems differ from place to place

RE: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Balazs Wellisch
EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: getting started with web hosting On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 11:16:34AM -0700, Chris S wrote: : i would like to host multiple sites on my server and was wondering where to : start. more specifically how to configure the server, what h/w requirements : i will need (incl

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Alan Mead
At 02:48 PM 9/26/00 , Chris S wrote: >we have a cable business line with one static ip (max. 3 static ips). i >didn't want to ask them directly if we are able to do hosting until i knew >a little more about what was needed. is there a way that i can set up my >own DNS server so that i don't

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 11:16:34AM -0700, Chris S wrote: : i would like to host multiple sites on my server and was wondering where to : start. more specifically how to configure the server, what h/w requirements : i will need (including bandwidth), and what documentation i can use to get : up

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Chris S
thanks to everyone for all the information... >Your cable connection won't be a problem? My @Home connection prohibits >"running a server of any kind". They scan me periodically too (although >not yet port 80). You will also have to rely on them for DNS service, >which will be required for mul

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ditto, ditto, ditto. RAM good! SCSI good! Dual processors good! > > I'd point out though, that if you can get two machines -- one for a > dedicated DB and another for web serving -- that is often better > performance- (and cost-) wise than a single

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Jonathan Wilson
I forgot: dual processors rock for web servers that have with SQL and stuff. JW At 01:40 PM 9/26/2000 -0500, you wrote: >I completely agree about the RAM - people totally underestimate how important RAM is >these days. When I first got into computers that was all people talked about -

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Alan Mead
At 01:16 PM 9/26/00 , you wrote: >i would like to host multiple sites on my server and was wondering where >to start. more specifically how to configure the server, what h/w >requirements i will need (including bandwidth), and what documentation i >can use to get up to speed with this. right

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Jonathan Wilson
I completely agree about the RAM - people totally underestimate how important RAM is these days. When I first got into computers that was all people talked about - more ways to get RAM - I remember that we always filled all the slots on our mainboards. Now most people buy one stick and shrug th

Re: getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Chris S wrote: > i would like to host multiple sites on my server and was wondering where to > start. more specifically how to configure the server, what h/w requirements > i will need (including bandwidth), and what documentation i can use to get > up to speed with this.

getting started with web hosting

2000-09-26 Thread Chris S
i would like to host multiple sites on my server and was wondering where to start. more specifically how to configure the server, what h/w requirements i will need (including bandwidth), and what documentation i can use to get up to speed with this. right now i have a RH6.2 box on a dedicated