Why not lease a dedicated machine in your favourite flavour. That way you have the reliability of a hosting company that monitors 24-hrs, provides generators, UPS, etc. but will have full control over site, configuration, etc. There are many dedicated servers available in NT/2000/Linux/Cobalt Raq/etc. that start at < $100 USD/mo. Understand, though that you are responsible for updates, etc. including security. -- P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Bajew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 7:51 PM Subject: [PHP] Anyone running their own Servers & DNS versus renting space/services from an ISP or Hosting?? > Hi all, > > I'm contemplating moving one of my larger sites off of a hosting company > over to my own PIII 1 Gigahertz. Thoughts right now are to use IIS 5.0 and > either SQL Server or MySQL. I can currently get a fixed IP address DSL > connection at 1.5 meg download and 512 Upload for fairly cheap. The reason I > would do this is control, control, control. > > Is anyone out there running their own servers (not leased/rented form some > service)? Is it as easy as registering a domain name server with Network > Solutions and that's it? Also, how does one go about getting DNS updates > from the outside world to stay current with other DNS's? > > Any input would be sincerely appreciated! > Andre > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]