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iroc409 · 06-30-2003, 06:24 PM

ok, i'm thinking about getting a server from rackshack. they're having a sale right now, and i want to get in on the action.

they run completely unmanaged servers... with RH 7.3. looking at getting a celeron 1.3 w/ 1gb ram & 60gb hdd. should be plenty for what i need.

i've managed servers before, http and all my hl game servers have been FreeBSD.

my only concern is setting up domains and email. i've never messed with that. looking at their tutorials, it can't be too hard, and i've always wanted to learn how to set up pop accounts (generally i've just used mail in the shell).

anyways, is there anyone that does this, and is it difficult at all? i'd be saving hundreds of dollars monthly for the bw they're giving me. i've installed apache and stuff like that before too, so i'm pretty comfortable running a server. but, this HAS to work, or i'm screwed. i'm not doing any php or mysql stuff on this, at least it's not for the necessary stuff. just html. i mean, really, how hard can it be?

also, is there anyone here that in case i ran into trouble i could flip some cash to set up my domains and pop? i just want all the email from the domains to go to one account for now, i'm not picky. i'll be moving about 4-5 domains to the new server. i could install cpanel to manage the domains/email, but i don't really see a reason to spend an extra $30/month on it. you can get ensim and plesk for the same price as the server, although i'm not too into ensim because it's so deeply integrated into the OS, where cpanel just sits on top of it.

suggestions?

06-30-2003, 06:24 PM	#1
iroc409 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 596	server management? ok, i'm thinking about getting a server from rackshack. they're having a sale right now, and i want to get in on the action. they run completely unmanaged servers... with RH 7.3. looking at getting a celeron 1.3 w/ 1gb ram & 60gb hdd. should be plenty for what i need. i've managed servers before, http and all my hl game servers have been FreeBSD. my only concern is setting up domains and email. i've never messed with that. looking at their tutorials, it can't be too hard, and i've always wanted to learn how to set up pop accounts (generally i've just used mail in the shell). anyways, is there anyone that does this, and is it difficult at all? i'd be saving hundreds of dollars monthly for the bw they're giving me. i've installed apache and stuff like that before too, so i'm pretty comfortable running a server. but, this HAS to work, or i'm screwed. i'm not doing any php or mysql stuff on this, at least it's not for the necessary stuff. just html. i mean, really, how hard can it be? also, is there anyone here that in case i ran into trouble i could flip some cash to set up my domains and pop? i just want all the email from the domains to go to one account for now, i'm not picky. i'll be moving about 4-5 domains to the new server. i could install cpanel to manage the domains/email, but i don't really see a reason to spend an extra $30/month on it. you can get ensim and plesk for the same price as the server, although i'm not too into ensim because it's so deeply integrated into the OS, where cpanel just sits on top of it. suggestions? __________________ :shrug: