Comments on: The right solution for my server problem http://joggink.com/2009/10/the-right-solution-for-my-server-problem/ Blog of Joggink, home of Jochen Vandendriessche Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jochen Vandendriessche http://joggink.com/2009/10/the-right-solution-for-my-server-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Jochen Vandendriessche Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:03:59 +0000 http://blog.joggink.com/?p=277#comment-251 I know, that's why I was thinking about colocation. But on the other hand: If my server crashes (hard/software) I have a full backup (from which I can install!) on my time capsule. So if needed I could do a reinstall, maybe use a second mac (iMac or mac mini as a backup server). If my power gets cut for some kind of reason I could live for max. 15 min's with the UPS, a generator would be a little bit over the top. But I catch your drift, like when I'm not at home or on a 2 week holiday and my server crashes, there's no-one to fix it or to even reboot the machine :-/ But that could eventually be done by my brother in law. I think my problem is that I want too much... And if I have to pay a lot of money I want something physical... It's not my ambition to become a professional hosting company. It's just for my own domains and testing purposes, I would never put client websites on my own server. For my client websites the only thing I want to be able to do is automate the uploading using git push, and a post-receive hook... I know, that’s why I was thinking about colocation. But on the other hand: If my server crashes (hard/software) I have a full backup (from which I can install!) on my time capsule. So if needed I could do a reinstall, maybe use a second mac (iMac or mac mini as a backup server). If my power gets cut for some kind of reason I could live for max. 15 min’s with the UPS, a generator would be a little bit over the top. But I catch your drift, like when I’m not at home or on a 2 week holiday and my server crashes, there’s no-one to fix it or to even reboot the machine :-/ But that could eventually be done by my brother in law.

I think my problem is that I want too much… And if I have to pay a lot of money I want something physical… It’s not my ambition to become a professional hosting company. It’s just for my own domains and testing purposes, I would never put client websites on my own server. For my client websites the only thing I want to be able to do is automate the uploading using git push, and a post-receive hook…

]]> By: Jan De Poorter http://joggink.com/2009/10/the-right-solution-for-my-server-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Jan De Poorter Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:48:21 +0000 http://blog.joggink.com/?p=277#comment-250 I think it's strange you decide to go for your own hosted box + own network to improve uptime. What will you do when your hardware fails, power cuts out, Belgacom line goes down? I work at Openminds and most solutions we offer for people who want their own server is to provide a VDS. Just so we can guarantee a better service, by having multiple network routes, redundant power supply with UPS & backup generators, and even spare hardware for when a physical system breaks up. If a client's site/app gets popular (think Digg.com) we can easily migrate his VDS to a better system, upgrade memory, and so on, to make sure his site is always reachable (within reason ;-)) I think it’s strange you decide to go for your own hosted box + own network to improve uptime.

What will you do when your hardware fails, power cuts out, Belgacom line goes down?

I work at Openminds and most solutions we offer for people who want their own server is to provide a VDS. Just so we can guarantee a better service, by having multiple network routes, redundant power supply with UPS & backup generators, and even spare hardware for when a physical system breaks up.

If a client’s site/app gets popular (think Digg.com) we can easily migrate his VDS to a better system, upgrade memory, and so on, to make sure his site is always reachable (within reason ;-))

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