Jim Dettman
jimdettman at verizon.net
Thu Apr 29 11:54:49 CDT 2010
John, <<Do you think it would run efficiently in a VM? It seems that would be one way to help isolate it from my network, and also to move it to another machine in case of machine issues. I think the big hosting providers do this don't they?>> That's all they do. In fact now, you usually pay extra if you want a physical server. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W Colby Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:24 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] hosting a website in-house Do you think it would run efficiently in a VM? It seems that would be one way to help isolate it from my network, and also to move it to another machine in case of machine issues. I think the big hosting providers do this don't they? Does anyone use DNN on their own in-house system? John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Max Wanadoo wrote: > Hmmm, > > Never touch mine. Cost me zero minutes each week. Cant even remember what > OS it uses. It just sits there and works. > Files get updated overnight by batch files calling executables etc and also > over the network. > > Max > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of dw-murphy at cox.net > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:55 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Cc: Rocky Smolin > Subject: Re: [AccessD] hosting a website in-house > > If you time is worth anything using a hosting service is the way to go. > Seems like keeping up with security, patches, etc is a continuing education > that really doesn't help access development. If this is a hobby go for it. > > Doug > > ---- Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > >> I have my web sites hosted by GoDaddy. It's really cheap, very reliable, >> requires no work on my part (probably the leading reason to go outside), >> > and > >> no worries about my equipment being up. And their customer support is >> outstanding. >> >> So the question is, what is the advantage of hosting your own website >> > versus > >> buying a hosting service outside? >> >> R >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby >> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:40 AM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; VBA >> Subject: [AccessD] hosting a website in-house >> >> I just need a reality check as to whether trying to host a website >> > in-house > >> is insane, doable, easy, difficult? If I did this it would be for my own >> web site (very low traffic), and would need to include email (also low >> traffic). If I lost internet (which I get over the local cable) then >> obviously I would be out of commission for the duration of that outage. >> >> I have been in this home / office for close to four years and have had >> > only > >> one single extended outage (11 hours, due to weather). >> >> I have a server that I keep up 24/7. I have battery backup etc. I run >> > VMs > >> and it seems like I could put something like this in a VM so that I could >> move it to another machine if I had a machine issue. >> >> I am actively considering building a new server with 16 or 24 cores >> > because > >> it would be a big boost for my SQL Server work and with so many cores it >> seems like having a VM running my web site might make sense. >> >> -- >> John W. Colby >> www.ColbyConsulting.com >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com