# Friday, October 03, 2008

Again my friends, a server

So, I've been doing some thinking.  Our last plan for getting a server involved collocation and and slim server. Both not cheap.  This was brought up last time, and I'm warming up to it: build a server (not worrying about size), and have someone host it @ their home with a static IP internet connection.

This way we don't have to worry about Bryan running torrents how much bandwidth we use. Sure, it will be a little slower in speed, but I'm willing to accept this.

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#    Friday, October 03, 2008 8:44:45 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) | Comments [0] | Trackback
# Friday, June 20, 2008

To my fellow nerds... Server collocation

A few of us have talked about renting some dedicated hosting. Primarily collocation hosting. It'd mean upfront purchase and ownership of server, and only a monthly cost for rack space, power, internets, bandwidth.

Personally, I'm very tired for getting pw3nd by shared hosting providers. I do understand that it can't be perfect, but you still have to have a decent uptime, and you can't lie. I'd go into detail about how 1and1 has screwed with me over the years but I'll be brief (tried to cancel webhosting but keep Exchange, but told me I had to get a different Exchange account and transfer my mail, or else it would be lost since the Exchange was 'attached' to the webhosting. Seems like a billing problem, not MY problem. Also, if I call you to tell you your server has been down for 30 minutes, and I call and you fix it while I'm on hold, don't passively treat me like I'm bothering you because everything is working)

Also, their .net app restrictions are not the best.

Okay, it wasn't too brief. But I've played out the numbers assuming I purchase the server, and it'll cost you less than good meal per month.

Update: +1 BJ +1 SP +1PS

Check out http://ntsource.com/web-hosting/colocation-web-hosting.html

Update: BJ and PeterS have brought up cloud hosting options like Amazon's EC2 and GoGrid. I am not very familiar with these, and they seem to charged based on application. But if it were possible to have a single app running windows server 2008 VM, I could see it working.

#    Friday, June 20, 2008 8:52:28 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) | Comments [75] | Trackback
# Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Hello Internets

This is my first post on my revived blog. I haven't blogged since my college days.  I've realized how important sharing of knowledge is, hence why I've dived back in.  Doing many nerdy things, I typically run into different blogs of people trying to do the similar tasks.  Sometimes, something has not been done before, and the knowledge stays with me once I complete it. So here we go!

For example, dasBlog 2.1.8102.813 so far seems to be a powerful, yet simple application not requiring an SQL backend.  There were not any specific write ups on a 1and1 install, so here you go:
Step 1: Upload files from dasblogce to a dir of your choice.
Step 2: Modify
web.config
comment <trust level="Medium" originUrl=".*" />
uncomment <httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="false"/>
SiteConfig\site.config
Modify obvious settings until <!-- END OF SUGGESTED SETTINGS -->
SiteConfig\siteSecurity.config
DO NOT CHANGE ADMIN PW.  It is encrypted. Log in and change it.
Step 3: Use WebFiles to modify permissions on the following directories: content, siteconfig, and logs.  Give NETWORK SERVICE full read/write/modify permissions
Step 4: Use WebFiles to create the WebApplicaion. Just point it to your subdir of your blog. Mine is /blog.
Step 5: Navigate to your blog, change your pw&options, and you're done!

#    Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:48:15 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) | Comments [0] | Trackback