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    Dedicated Server

    I'm wanting a dedicated server, but ev1 seems to be low on ones I want at the moment, is there anywhere else you can recommed. I want high bandwidth and less than $130 monthly.

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    I have a (junk) server that costs me $75 month, and unmetered bandwidth over a somethingMbps line (heh, can't remember exactly... basically allows max 600-ishGB at full throughput per month).

    Check www.webhostingtalk.com in their Offers forum for a crapload of bargain deals.
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    With ev1 you need to check every day, preferably in the morning (US time if you can swing it). Especially when they're having one of their sales (they'll often have $1 setup fee sales).

    I'm thinking about getting a third server.
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    Which US time? Eastern seaboard? Mountain time?

    They are sold out of all their servers at the moment... Grrr...

    Give me some info on dedicated servers, are they hard to set up?
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    Eastern time.

    Dedicated servers can be daunting to setup for the first time. But there are plenty of tutorials on doing it.
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    www.serverexpert.com is a nice forum for advice, should you need it.

    Also, www.deja.com (aka Google Groups) is your friend
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    I'd like to get one from ev1, but at the moment with the servers they have left they are too expensive. Hopefully I'll be making enough money to buy one when my hosting account runs out in April/May time.
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    Be careful. I'd like a dedicated server. But mainly because it sounds cool Obviously, I'm not going to get one for that reason. I would ask yourself if it's actually worth it before jumping in. Just a word of warning.

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    A dedicated server makes it very easy to setup a new site.
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    I wouldn't get one til you really need it.

    Thats a mistake I made when I first started, I got one and didnt actually need all the bandwidth and processing power for about 5 months after...

    Just think about it this way, if you can get away with paying $10 - $20 a month why pay $100(or more) for a server when you dont need it? You could take the difference and invest it into new sites, etc...

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    Originally posted by Chris
    A dedicated server makes it very easy to setup a new site.
    But so does having a reseller account. I have a 2gb account with www.hostgiga.com and setting up a new site using whm is extremely simple. Plus I get my own dns.
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    What happens if a script your download needs a perl module (for example) which isn't on your server? Can you install it through your reseller account? Or do you need to contact your host and request it?

    Having your own server gives you plenty of freedom. I do suggest, though, getting at least a semi-managed box if you're just starting out...
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    I'm setting up a site that will clog up the servers RAM with responces from the MySQL database. Chris says this happens with his online literature site so it will certainly happen on the site I'm working on. I'm earning enough from games2go to buy one easily anyway.


    Edit: Which control panel should I choose? The only one I've used before is cPanel, so I need to know which ones are easy to use and which are not.
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    They're all fairly easy to use. I prefer how cpanel sets up the backend file structure though (consequently I use cpanel on neither or my servers, odd how that works).
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    Any I should avoid? Any that are not web based?

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