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Hi All
I was just wondering if anyone knows any hosting companies that rent out cheap servers on the Internet? (preferably Europe)
I'm looking for a machine (nothing spectacular) with about 5 - 10 Gig HD, 128mb of RAM p3 500 with an up to date Linux distro installed on it & 1 IP address.
The machine will be mainly used as a Web Server.
I want full remote access over the server to update & administer it as I like using SSH.
I've had a look already & anything I see are companies offering bigger & faster machines than I need therefore costing more than I can afford.The cheapest I've seen is £79 per month.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for getting this as cheaply as possible?
I built my web server for about $40 (american), use my cable connection to connect it to the internet, and only pay about $15 a year for the domain name from http://www.123domains.com/ and forwarding is free from http://zoneedit.com/
Can't get much cheaper than that, and it's mine, so I can do anything I like to it.
It's not the fastest thing in the world, but you will pay for speed.
I've been renting boxes at RackShack! Click on the bargain basement, you will find RAQ's (kind of lame), RedHat, Plesk, Ensim. For under $120/month! Very Cheap I thought for the bandwidth and diskspace! usually 60G HD's and smallest BW is 400GIG monthly Tranfer.
Edward78: Webspace isnt a problem, I already have webspace & can put as many sites on it as I like free of charge. I just wanted a machine I could say was *mine*
micxz: That's kinda what I'm looking for. About 1/2 the price of that though. I guess I'm outta luck
I've got three of them now at RS. I've just sold half of one to a buddy of mine. And the other I'll simply started a small hosting biz and this box gas many many domains and it's paying for itself. So you simply need to find a couple clients for $35-$50 and it's pretty much paid for.
Originally posted by amp2000 Hi All
I was just wondering if anyone knows any hosting companies that rent out cheap servers on the Internet? (preferably Europe)
I'm looking for a machine (nothing spectacular) with about 5 - 10 Gig HD, 128mb of RAM p3 500 with an up to date Linux distro installed on it & 1 IP address.
The machine will be mainly used as a Web Server.
I want full remote access over the server to update & administer it as I like using SSH.
I've had a look already & anything I see are companies offering bigger & faster machines than I need therefore costing more than I can afford.The cheapest I've seen is £79 per month.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for getting this as cheaply as possible?
Use http://www.hostsearch.com to find what you're looking for. Although I'm now hosting 4 domains myself on my home machine, I highly recommend this site to find one suitable for your needs. Good Luck.
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