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02-03-2008, 22:02
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shiro
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Yokohama, Japan
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Dedicated server/ VPN
I'm not really clear on what the differences are between a dedicated server and a VPN, but I need to get one of them. I need something thats a stand alone server, that has at least 70gigs of storage space a month. I'm looking for something thats reliable as far as limited downtime, as well as something that has been around for a few years so there is less chance of the company collapsing on me. Anywhere in Europe or the US is ok. My company will be using this primarily for offshore storage for documents (Im in the land of the earthquake). Does anybody have any recommendations for something like this? I'm entirely out of my element here, as like I said, I dont even know the difference between a VPN and a dedicated host (Im basically just throwing out some lingo to sound cool!) and I don't know any companies in particular. Thanks guys! |
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02-03-2008, 22:15
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Web Developer
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Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK
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Firstly, you seem to be confusing VPS with VPN. VPN to me means Virtual Private Network, which makes your post make fuckall sense, whereas VPS means Virtual Private Server. The difference between a dedicated server, and a virtual private server, is that the dedicated server will be a physical machine which you have sole usage over, and a VPS is a physical machine with several virtual machines run on it - which could be shared with n number of people though you will have guaranteed resources (ram/cpu/hdd/connection speed) which you do not get from shared hosting. VPS is the step up from shared hosting without the cost of going Dedicated. What you need is an offsite backup facility. As such I would recommend neither VPS or Dedicated, instead I would use something like Amazon's S3? Amazon.com: Amazon S3, Amazon Simple Storage Service, Unlimited Online Storage: Amazon Web Services |
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02-03-2008, 23:14
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shiro
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Heh, like I said, I was just throwing out lingo to sound cool! Thanks for the clarification. Amazon S3 looks good - I will definitely look into it some more. Does anybody else have any suggestions for good offsite backup? |
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03-03-2008, 08:58
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03-03-2008, 09:32
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Web Developer
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03-03-2008, 15:20
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Web Developer
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Ah, managed and unmanaged are options usually only associated with dedicated servers as it usually adds on at least £200 a month. Managed means your supplier looks after the hardware and the software to ensure the server is running and doing what you want it to. So if you need something installing or updating but don't have knowledge of Linux, then you just submit a ticket and they do it for you. Unmanaged means your supplier looks after the hardware, but the software is up to you, which can be quite a daunting task to someone who has never done it before. Generally companies would rather pay £200+ extra a month instead of employing someone to look after the server for them. |
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