RE: [OT] another hosting Q - managed server?

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Looking at this another way...

If you are doing video and relying on the internet does this mean you have
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good connectivity? Maybe an SDSL?

If I had a good connection I would seriously consider hosting at my own
off=
ice especially if only a few clients will be using the service, 30 - 40 GB
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does not seem a lot. My BitTorrent client tells me I have used nearly 1TB
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n the last year...

It doesn't need much of a machine to host a website and the software could
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be free of charge. Adding the hosting cost to your current ADSL line
rental=
may make sense allowing a better connection.

An old Server =A3100 - =A3200
UPS =A3100 - =A3150
S/W (Apache) Free
Operating System, you may have an old license kicking round or even
Linux..=
.

One advantage you won't need to use your ADSL B/W to modify the website,
it=
would be on your own LAN.

Nigel


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 14 February 2006 18:02
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] another hosting Q - managed server?

Sorry for yet another hosting question but I'm thinking of renting a
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te server as I need an increasing amount of disk space to share video we
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oduce with my clients. I'd also like to store completed videos for past
pro=
jects on-line. This will add up to 30-40 Gb a year I guess.

Where's the best place to start researching this - can anyone give me an
id=
ea of rough costs etc? Also, how much of a task is it to manage a machine?
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I'd like a really fast connection and a host in the UK.

I may also start thinking about commissioning someone to write some kind
of=
client access system with video player/streaming solution. Any ideas on th=
e most cost effective but high quality way of doing this - i.e. who I
shoul=
d be approaching?

Thanks,

Paul.





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