I agree with Dave Halliday. I have been using hosted servers for nearly two
decades. They maintain all the hardware and software and keep automatic
backups. You still have complete control of the system using CPanel. I use
Directnic.com ($85 per year), but there are hundreds of reliable operators
out there.
Dave Thomson
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Dave Halliday <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you are spending $50/month on electricity, these people offer a killer
> deal for $11/month:
>
> http://hostmatters.com/web-hosting/
>
> Unmetered disk space
> Unmetered transfer per month
> 1000 e-mail addresses
> Unmetered addon domains
> 100 MySQL databases
> $11 per month
>
> I have been using them to host my blog as well as a couple commercial sites
> I maintain since October 2003 and have been absolutely happy.
>
> They have a bunch of options for installing CMS and Blog software but they
> also allow direct access to your disk partition so you can go down to bare
> metal if you want to.
>
> Tech support simply rocks - best online support I have had.
>
> Dave
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chip Atkinson
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 19:15
> > To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [TCML] New server poll
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm seriously considering getting a new server for TCML. The
> > HP DL-385
> > that everyone so generously helped with many years ago is
> > still a great
> > machine and would serve as a backup, but it's both noisy and
> > power hungry.
> > My electricity bills have gone up $50/month and the noise infuses the
> > house.
> >
> > To reduce noise and cost, I've been thinking of an HP
> > microserver, like
> > this one:
> > http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/product-det
> > ail.html?oid=5366896#!tab=features
> >
> > It seems to be one of the few server class machines that is energy
> > efficient and quiet(er?).
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions from people?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Chip Atkinson
> > TCML data center operator. :-)
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