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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....

I've been thinking about switching hosts... currently using siteground... and didn't want to make too many jumps. Anyhow, I was considering Cartika, because they seem to have a good rep on WHT and they don't seem to have the CPU / RAM caps that the other web hosts seem to.

If anyone has any info on them, much appreciated.

Thanks!

Albert
www.ithou.org

I was looking into using Drupal as the base to my service I would like to build before I do this basicly it would be a module and I would host the service on my own box and it would be controled by my service only. Would I have to release the module to the public under the GPL? How can one make a viable business model without giving away all the answers to the business??
Thanks
~Simon

Hello all,
I am currently developing a site in Drupal 4.7 that I will need hosted somewhere. I currently use SimpleHost but they are not good at all because their customer support is non-existent. (SimpleHost = DO NOT USE)

I do like simple host for thier reported unlimited storage capacity and that is something that I want in my next hosting provider. I also need (hopefully) a great deal of bandwidth, access to a very full range of acceptable functionality - including chatrooms <--(Not allowed in simplehost), blogs, buddylists, etc...

drupal-4.6.4
http://www.shreemaa.org

I'm looking for help with upgrading to drupal-4.7 on a very busy production site.
is there a service that I can use?
I'm willing to pay for help.

Susan

dreamhost is very slow...my everage page load time is about 10 to 20sec...with minimum module enabled.

sighs.. although the service is cheap and with multiple domains, but what you pay is what you get. :(