Re: [cobalt-users] [OT] CI Host as Outsource

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

David,
I was once a web site hosting client of CI Host for a *very* short
time.  Ugh.
If your client is at all familiar with the Cobalt interface, then CI
Host's "Monster Control Wannabe" isn't going to do the job the client
has come to expect.
Why not move the client to a $99 RaQ3 at 4Webspace.com (100 gigs per
month) or a $99 RaQ4 at Rackshack.net (150 gigs per month)?  (A RaQ4
is $199/mo at 4Webspace if you want to move up in the blue line.)

That way the customer is still on a Cobalt, which is what he's become
used to, and you can still be the 'host' for the domain? If you leave
DNS with either 4webspace's or rackshack's (free) DNS servers, you can
turn off the DNS on the client's machine and free up some load. Plus
if they're the only site on the machine, that will free up a bit of
load as well.

I would think that a RaQ4 with loads of RAM (one-time setup fee at
4Webspace, get it when you order the machine) should be able to handle
that site, especially if it's not having to run other stuff (like DNS)
that the client doesn't need (but the other sites may need on the
machine it's on now). Just turn *everything* off except for the web
server and email and let the processor and the RAM do their job. Let
the NOC handle the DNS (and the exploits!) and you keep charging the
customer whatever you're charging them now (if it's more than the cost
of a dedicated machine).

Just an idea - but as a *web site* client of CI Host, I'd say don't go
near them. Because of that experience, I didn't even want to try
getting a *server* there.

CarrieB