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Server related questions; No this is not support!
Topic Started: Jul 16 2009, 03:04 PM (171 Views)
Wrath of the Gods	Jul 16 2009, 03:04 PM Post #1
Cronically obsessed with Roman History Posts: 75 Group: Members Member #181,775 Joined: March 29, 2009 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://becreativeforums.com	Ok, my main goal with the forum that I'm hosting right now has always been to eventually buy a server and host it myself. I have heard that it is a 24 hour job, making sure it is running properly, but what exactly is involved? This was brought home just a few minutes ago when s1 here just went offline. I'm curious now as to what exactly causes the majority of these failures? What sort of difficulties might I run into? Is it worth it?



Reid.	Jul 16 2009, 03:13 PM Post #2
C'est un pičge! Posts: 378 Group: Members Member #147,240 Joined: February 13, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://resources.zetaboards.com/	Generally speaking, no, it isn't worth it. I would just buy some professional, well known hosting - which are not allowed to post any links for, unfortunately - and let them handle the issues. Just make sure the server supports regular backups.



Jory	Jul 17 2009, 05:26 AM Post #3
Posts: 2,792 Group: Global Support Team Member #41,171 Joined: January 12, 2005 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://zb.jorygeerts.com/	The most common issues are power or network failures or harddrive issues. Managing servers is a 24/7 job, in the meaning that something can go wrong at any time. If you have decent monitoring and such, something going wrong just means an email, text message, etc to make sure you know. So while you have to be able to fix problems all the time (or tell somebody else to fix it for you) it doesn't mean you're actually doing something related all the time. Completely managing their own server isn't something most people can do. Its easier to just get a shared hosting account somewhere.



Fission	Jul 18 2009, 12:03 PM Post #4
SRS BSNS Posts: 1,236 Group: Members Member #174,596 Joined: September 17, 2008 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://s15.zetaboards.com/Sonic_Cyclone	Or, if you feel the need to, dedicated hosting, which is much more costly but gives you the full power of the server at your disposal.



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