anat — Wed, 27 Dec 2000 15:32:00 +0000

I had to split my site to two servers because I needed both ASP (NT server) and PHP (UNIX sever) on the same site.

I asked around at the time and from what I understand (and I'm not an expert), you can't refer the same domain name to two hosts. Your domain needs to have your servers DNS's and other technical stuff.

So, what I did instead is I registered a very similar domain name (www.thecatsite.net) and put the .net domain on an NT server (with DIDS) and the .com domain on a UNIX server (with Westhost). The .net site is not launched yet (Netscape compatibility problems ) but you can go over there and have a look at the design. If you visit these two:

http://www.thecatsite.com

http://www.thecatsite.net

You'll see what appears to be the exact same site. The purpose is to let people have the exact same design and layout so that it would look to them as if it's the same site, while being hosted on different servers.

Domain names are pretty cheap these days, and I guess you can pull out the same thing with domain names that are nothing alike - even free hosts. Just a thought - haven't tried that.

I'd love to know what you decide.

Best of luck and happy holidays to you too.

Mark Hensler — Wed, 27 Dec 2000 04:29:04 +0000

"Dedicated" servers are just that... Dedicated.
That does not mean that you have to maintain it.
A server that you maintain would be "Co-Located". And Co-Located servers are servers that you own, your just renting rack space and bandwidth (both of which can be expensive).

If you get a dedicated server from the right host, they should take care of your machine (which they own).

Brian Farkas — Wed, 27 Dec 2000 03:40:35 +0000

You might consider a "managed" hosting solution... I know that UltraSpeedUSA.com provides this feature, I believe vdi.net does also, as well as rackspace.com

NSS — Wed, 27 Dec 2000 02:12:31 +0000

I do agree with Scott, I too don't want the hassle of maintaining a server and be better off using the time designing web sites and getting more clients. I have about 30 clients now and I used 2 different servers service.

1)For low bandwith sites I used a low cost server with reasonable support for $3.00 to $5.00 per month since my clients are paying me ($200.00 per year contract)

2)I used a reliable server with high bandwith and space costing about $10.00-15.00 per month where I have 5 clients and they are paying me good money($1000.00 - $1500.00 per year contract) so cost is not a problem.

Regards,
NSS

Jaiem — Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:36:18 +0000

Seems it's just as nasty running a site that's really broken up amoung 2 or 3 different virtual servers on as many different services.

Here's why....

WestWingSW — Tue, 26 Dec 2000 14:46:43 +0000

LOL, I posted my message on a bunch of different webmaster forums and got very similar replies about dedicated servers. So here comes a bunch of similar replies from me :>

The reason why I'm hesitant to go with a dedicated server is because I know NOTHING about Dedicated Servers. Nothing. I've been reading about dedicated servers and people are talking about trace routes and pings and I have no clue what any of that means.

Sure, I could buy books (One post somewhere somebody suggested buying $100 worth of books explaining dedicated servers in detail) but I don't have the time nor the inclination to do that.

Plus, if I went with 4webspace.com's RAQ (Which I would) I'd be spending $100 a month, plus either $111 or $389 o.con extra RAM (Which I guess makes the site go faster, although again I'm not familiar with that) plus whatever books/whatever I'd have to get to understand the whole process.

To me, it's worth it to get two or three different highly recommended web servers, get 3 different 40 GB a month packages for pay around $100 for 120 GB a month with all sorts of goodies from those packages and not have to worry about learning about a dedicated server.

I'm really afraid I'd be lost with a dedicated server, while with a virtual one, all I have to do is upload and be done :>.

I hope that makes some sense and allows you to get at least a little insight on why I'm shying away from the dedicated servers.

-Scott

Jaiem — Tue, 26 Dec 2000 13:53:51 +0000

Why not go with a dedicated server?