Dedicated Hosting QUESTION ( rackshack)

[jmb1881]

Its time for me to have a dedicated server and it looks like rackshack is cheapest right now. I want the space and bandwidth for my porn sites..... but a good way for me to recoup my monthly expense i was going to put my clients sites ( i build other sites ) on the server and charge them per month.. so in a nutshell be a small hosting supplier.

My question is I heard Rackshack sucks if you dont know sysadmin. I was am going to pay someone to set my server up for me at first but I need to know this, Rackshack offers Plain Red Hat 7.2 , Plesk, or Ensim.

I know NOTHING about Apache or the above server systems. I do know Red Hat is suppost to be good.

If I pay someone to set it up for me, which system will be the best for me (not knowing shit) to keep up and add new domain and client in the future. I do want to learn and I am not afraid to learn, i just want something that will be best to learn on. I know there should be many resources on Red Hat, but what about Ensim and Plesk... seems that Rackshack whats to push on me Ensim but I think it is b/c they have so many in stock compared to Red Hat and Plesk.

Thanks

[[Labret]]

Use Plesk if you enjoy ripping your fucking hair out.

[chodadog]

Originally posted by [Labret]
Use Plesk if you enjoy ripping your fucking hair out.

That's what i've heard. Ensim is fairly user friendly, once again, from what i've heard.

[Gemini]

Stay away from Redhat unless you plan on paying someone to continously monitor the box and do all your added sites etc etc. It is very easy to trash the box without having at least the minimum knowledge to do things thru the shell access. (We have a tech that might do that for you if the money was right)

Ensim?! Yuck. Reminds me of a mac with all those silly icons. lol

Plesk? Hmmm they offer the one version but want to charge you abit extra to have the new patch put on the boxes (or were charging for it) but its better than ensim and easy enough to learn. I had never dealt with a GUI for that sort of thing before and taught myself how to use it in less than a week. Some things that you do thru a shell access isn't 'seen' by plesk (an most likely ensim is the same way) So if you do it both ways make sure to verify that the GUI sees the changes or adds etc.)

But remember that their support is VERY limited and can take several days to get even something small done from their end. We use redhat boxes since we have the expert tucked away to do things that we haven't learned yet but wouldn't recommend that you try that until you really study up on it.

One thing that will help keep you straight is: once you set up a new domain... stay OUT of the shell access and use ftp. FTP will limit what you can do and keep ya from trashing things accidentily. If you want to talk to our guy just let me know.

[chodadog]

Originally posted by pornopete
you know nothing and yet want to be a host?

He said he wants to host some client's sites to earn a little extra cash on the side. It's hardly a full blown hosting venture

[jmb1881]

"pornopete
you know nothing and yet want to be a host? "


You yourself knew nothing about making porn sites or wiping your ass, but i see you have learned!
LOL

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[dantheman]

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