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Originally Posted by GrouchyAdmin
Well, if you just want SSH and SFTP(scp), that's damn easy. Virtually any host could give that to you for whatever their baseline/going rate is.
Usually they charge little to nothing for DNS. I've never seen it cost more than $2/zone, and that was back when you could get away when charging for it.
Usual 'starting'/'stopping' as in rebooting is included with the basic fees, but to have someone go in and restart services for you, you'll often have to pay for partially managed services. It all depends on the provider.
If you're familar with the software, and can install it yourself, of course, you're golden, but if you need support, that's where you either get a fully dedicated system with administration included, or folks like ServerGenius, and I come in.
Folks such as ServerGenius and I usually offer either a 'pay by the hour' or an 'on call' service where you retain our services for a flat rate for a given time.
Many of the 'fully managed' systems you can get will not give you root access, and you need to open a ticket for any changes, and hope that it's done within 72 hours or so. Being on this side of the fence, I can't rate any hosts in-house services beyond their network and customer service skills.
I am quite pleased with the support I've had working with folks such as ServerGenius, and WebAir.
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I know what I'm going to throw down is pretty dumb, but i haven't had to deal with such questions .... but:
So there are hosts, out there, who will give you a box (or even a VM-ware one) that you can fuck with as much as you want, host a site on and purely rape (in the nicest sense of the term *shrug*) ?
Any one providing price points for that?