Complete control of your own shit.
 

Anyone here run their own centralized websites?
I mean, are you're websites sitting right next to you at home?

or

do all of you have a dedicated host somewhere?

My websites are out to lunch right now, but when they get back, could you tell them to get back to work..

Oh shit I forgot. Sarcasim.

Do you own a server?

If yes, Do you host the server from your business or home?

there try sarcasim wit dat shit.:Graucho

I don't host the server.. but the server does host the sites..

I give up!

GO FUCK YOURSELF SPACEDOG!

What??

Was it something I said?? :evil-laug

My guess is nobody here does.

Otherwise they would be bragging about it.

Oh well fuck it...... I was just curious.

hahaha spacedog, finally I'm laughing with you....you're getting there man ;)))

I doubt anyone on the adult net really hosts their own sites from business or home...there may be a handful, perhaps people who also own hosting companies, etc.

Yeah, I shit at will. My aim is getting better, too.

As long as you're not praire doggin!!

I run my own server from the ISP I do work for... I can't imagine not doing it that way...

What type of line are you guys running?
T1, T3, SDSL, DSL?

Tery with HotWirednet.com runs is servers from home. He has a DS-3

Don't put your service at home man. You go to the supermarket for groceries too right instead of stocking shit at your house?

Hosting providers are cheaper and smarter solution. They usually have 24/7 support, better environment for your servers than under a deskand they have multiple connections to multiple cirquits. Save yourself a lot of hassle and headache.

Go with a good ISP like most of us all do.

DynaMite

I'm only on a T1 right now but will be hooked up to a 100Mbs fiber connection sometime this week...

LOL I fucking love you!
:1orglaugh

hosting shit on a home connection is gay!
providers charge almost 4 bucks/gig on business connections!

Both.

that depends on whether or not you have a gay connection.... Cable modem? DSL? Yes.... gay. Dialup? Extremely gay.

MOST of the time it's really gay! In a lot of places you buy a
descent connection....let's say a T3 but then the providers and
telcos connect 20 T3 on a T3 Hub....or somewhere in between
is a full cirquit... try measuring the throughput on your line and be
shocked.....

Ok if you really know what you are doing, don't mind spending
big dough on good router and switches....I suggest also invest
in router on ISP site since otherwise you don't have control over
the routing policies....then offcourse what happens if your line is
down?? redundancy...0 with 1 line.

And have the manpower to fix stuff in case it's down.....this is
usually when you are asleep or not anywhere near the place.
Then it's a good option.

Really the advantages of a good ISP are too many to mention.
Here a few. 24/7 support, redundancy, interconnection between
multiple big ISP's good hardware, cheap pricing, etc, etc.

Put your servers with a Good ISP, have production servers in
your office. Connect your production servers through VPN to your
servers at your ISP. That's a good setup. You will have a good
test environment and always a good backup.

Most people try to save too much on their hosting. Never forget
if your sites are not online or not working properly you won't
make money. I have seen sites that had shit hosting doing half a
Mbit....they move to good hosting....bandwidth goes to 2Mbit
sales go up...and then they realise damn saving 100 dollars per
month has costed me 1000's of dollars per month....

You should consider this.....

No I don't run an ISP (anymore) just my 2 cents...

DynaMite

that's why you don't run things that are critical from a home connection. You put them on a dedicated server at a NOC. There's no guarantee that their shit isn't gonna go down too... nothing is indestructable. But my connection here has been up and running strong for nearly 3 years. I've had 2 days in that time period where a switch went down and it took more than a few hours to fix..... but other than that..... it's been steady as she goes.

Now... you're gonna keep telling me that that's not reliable? I know plenty of hosting companies that could not say the same thing.

What kind of lame ass would brag about their server? I brag about money, not a piece of metal (unless it's a car).

Yes I have my own dedicated server. Is it sitting next to me? Hell no! What kind of an idiot do you take me for?

That's why I said MOST of us and mentioned that some people
that know their shit run it or parts from their own location.

My suggestion was for the general mass of people amongst us.
Not for everybody. I can also sum up a lot of things why it could
be better in some cases to host at your own office.

However people who DO host at home already know those advantages and know enough that they don't need advice.

ghehehe am I right....please say I'm right :1orglaugh

I think you have just proven that point amp :winkwink:

DynaMite :thumbsup

yes dyna.... hehe.. you ARE right... :thumbsup

I would certainly never recommend someone host at home.... and anyone that has the capacity and know-how to do it right, doesn't need a recommendation anyway. :winkwink:

amputate yer head, what do you got? T1? T3? --- still gay

I got a solid T1.... gay? I don't think so.... I'm not hosting gallerys that get 5 billion fuckin' hits.... like I said.... you don't host heavy traffic sites or critical shit on a home connection. My T1 is rock solid and is more than adequate for what I need it for. Everything else is on a dedicated box at a NOC in San Diego. So when you deem a connection as "gay", first take into account how it's being used.