By ajwwong on

Has anyone tried to set up a dedicated server using *outsourced* admin management?

Hi, everyone...

So... I'm going over my options and considering getting my own dedicated server (or even colocating! ... my god... i'm probably jumping too far in) but i have virtually ZERO sys admin experience. so, i'm wondering if any of these management companies, like rack911 or platinumservermanagement, can handle the admin responsibilities for me. And what people's opinion of these external management companies are.

i guess, i feel pretty clueless when it comes to stuff like setting up a firewall, security, etc. -- and so i'm trying to figure out the best way to handle it all.... if /when i make the jump...

Also... are there any management companies that specialize in drupal and can handle a drupal install on a dedicated server. Platinumservermanagement charges $30/month, I think... and rack911 charges "by the job". But I don't know if they'd be that much help with drupal specific issues.

I mean I'm reading through some of the forum messages, and tho' people seem to be able to get things up and running ok, there's a lot of optimization that sometimes looks problematic -- and this is for people who already seem pretty far up the hierarchy of drupal knowhow, like bjaspan or nbd --- :-)

i'm pretty sure I could get something running, with the ol' apache, php, and mysql... ( heck, i installed WAMP on my home computer ... how different could it be right? :-) ) but there's fancier stuff that I think I'd need help with... like installing exim / postfix and installing configs for og2list, etc. that seems like it would be tougher... and so, i'm not sure how to do this and whether any of these outside management companies would be of help....

thanx for your thoughts...

albert
www.ithou.org