After experiencing heavy downtime on a server in a colocation facility, a business owner at this forum is considering hosting the server from his own office. While placing a web server in an office might perhaps make it more accessible to the owner, most offices do not have the right …
December, 2009
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1 December
Hosting your own server
Many new dedicated server customers consider hosting a server themselves to save money. This can work if you colocate at a data center, but is it possible to host your own server from home? In short, yes, but it’s not a good idea. Home broadband connections do not have uplink …
October, 2009
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22 October
What is the best way to ship a colocated server?
Colocation is a dedicated hosting solution growing in popularity where the customer owns the server and rents space from a data center. Colocating a server is a great way to save money, but you may not have a data center nearby. So what if you have to ship your server …