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As individual entrepreneurs and small business enterprises increased use of server information, downloads, e-mail and other services is no longer something new, like the recent Internet businesses are very much individuals, many in the online video entertainment Download, Forum, BBS and other host is actually a part of the individuals provided. Many had set up a server to provide services at home, users have felt the pressure of the environment, especially for some fee-based services have servers, but also need a good environment (all-weather air-conditioned environment and a stable power supply, etc.), so I chose The situation is hosting more and more. However, as hosting sites are not within the country at present mature state, ready to handle a lot of friends have also hosted a full understanding following the experience of the author based on their own to talk about what hosting the host need to be prepared, what criteria to use pick out custodian, in actual operation, so pay attention to what matters, especially in the choice of custodian, the author's friends from among the many business and server hosting is related to many times their own hosting server to a different The room, seen and heard first-hand experience with, it can be said to "choose a trusted custodian" of this topic with deep feeling. If you have any views on this have insurance or your own experience, welcome to the forum to discuss writing.

1, managed to prepare before - carefully, you know what is in the room called Sudo, such as gold

1, managed to bring those benefits

Now, many units still use the virtual host, not only expensive, but as with other sites sharing a server, so the speed, bandwidth is a lot of influence, managed server can bring many benefits, first of all, free from other effects, the site is more stable high speed; Second, Having obtained complete control of the server, you can run many of the original can not run the program and services; Zaici, but also further enhances the security of data, think about, their data is always on the Bieren computer li, always felt impractical, do not worry about it the next.





Every inch of room in the position, such as gold

For those who intend to rely on server start Denver's friends, the server's use value is even greater, it can provide to outsiders such as the movie downloads, online games, online communities, business offices, virtual host diversified services, the most common is the virtual host, virtual host now are all over and over though, but a large space to run a database of some type of high-grade virtual host cheap price or not, for example, a database of 500M to support the virtual hosting space, pay more than 1000 yuan, one has a 120G hard drive server, in theory, this space can be opened more than 200, of course, the real is impossible, even if the opening is only open one tenth of the 20 open this space, then the fees are 20,000 yuan, you can also open a variety of low-end space, now many non-IT type of corporate website is a static product display Xing website, also access the volume is very low, take up very little system resources and bandwidth, also runs a few hundred is not a problem, if every 100M, 100 charges element, then they can pay 10,000 yuan, so doing, it has been charging 30,000 yuan, 5,000 yuan less server hardware inputs, minus the server hosting costs 5,000 yuan / year, gross profit each year, there are 20 thousand yuan ! If both managed 10 servers then? the second year of it, there is no hardware costs, and increased up to a 120G hard drive, only a few hundred dollars, calculate profits. Oh, in fact, many friends, while also offering many other services, for example, business offices, movie download membership fees, etc., a server somehow is really a pot of gold ah.

2, hosting server to choose what type of better?

Many of my friends know that the machine is not cheap rent locations. For many businesses, individuals or small companies, the investment in the initial thought of as provincial, but have to learn how to province, the province should not be another province. Managed hosting recommendations hosting 1U rack-mounted servers, despite the initial higher cost of hardware, but still this is more cost-effective long-term view, because the telecommunications room of the custody fee is calculated according to how much money each of 1U, if your server is too tall high, no doubt many would pay more for hosting fees, for example, a room in Beijing, hosted 1U server 4000 yuan / year, 2U server would host 6,000 yuan / year, we can see, 1U server hosting the application of the field is a very practical significance. 1U server with managed hosting other types of servers (for example, 2U server, tower server, etc.) than the hosting fee is definitely the cheapest. So, going to host, on the first tower server in your accessories out, put them in 1U server chassis, which can help you save a lot money, think about it, the server is to be managed for many years, ah, How much is too provincial.

Second, "on paper" - how to choose a good hosting provider

Classic question: your necessarily like?

Many of my friends asked me choose which custodian good? If you are a law school, then I ask you, I want to make a case, the election which lawyers merciful? If you are the automotive industry, and I want to buy cars, then I ask you what to buy cars good? is not that hard to describe, you would certainly say: "This is what you look at the situation, what specific requirements..." a lot of that truth. We Chinese have an old saying "you pay for", and that this principle is not to cover him all things are right? According to those who say "Nobody is allowed to pick, choose expensive it must be true", the author said firmly, this is the point of view is wrong! I do not say that the server hosting an example and said the car right, we are more familiar, if someone asked you what car to buy good, you say your a pretty good pick, that China is not all BMW Big Ben ran a Ferrari? good definition of unilateral, consumers to buy products or purchasing services, is both things, the different needs of our customers naturally have different options, open the taxi drivers know Ferrari start and speed are fast enough, but in fact the streets are Jiedaxiali running what is the truth. So you do not blindly managed to select the host you will be fine, just as with the Ferrari soliciting, pull back the lifetime has not earned.

Classical Myth: the blind the blind pursuit of cheap

We surely guess the answer, not necessarily a good cheap goods. But even so, I still recommend not to use the kind of super-cheap hosting provider, cheap Chinese goods have is good, but the probability is too low, or abandon it. That was a last word, to not suffer the regret when the.

1, low-cost service providers staggering variables

Now on the market, the price of hosting vary in the same 1U managed host, your offer of 8,000 yuan / year, cheap as long as 2,000 yuan / year, the reason so many factors, though not that expensive certainly good, but And do not think the cheaper the better. Then the low-cost service providers where the difference? The fact that there is a very important factor is the size of service providers, is not able to consistently operate, because a lower threshold for doing managed services, management is not very strict, two university students to rent a rack machine can carry out, but small companies, too much instability in personal services, in my experience about 80% of basic in the first half would have changed the event of fluctuations in the economy or room to rent increases in profits too small, indifferent, or chaos for local, chaos for IP, the miserable, do not think that this is rare, in fact, now it is the majority.





Good rooms include a complete set of controls and auxiliary equipment

2, Pao Lu incidents occur

Many small company's technology was too weak, it more than a dozen servers in the maintenance of the time is not clear, once attracted by low prices to customers more, defects on the show came out, for example, when dozens of servers, 12 technicians to maintain them very difficult. Customers more, problems also increased, crash, restart, slow lines to engine room overhaul, with a customer to the computer room, anti-virus, engine room problems and so on, no matter what the issue, customers feel that the problem is managed, customer sickness cell phones are common roar, had money on the little less once hosted the follow-up, cash flow out without, have to continue to maintain these servers to the end of the year, you can not bother you? sick and tired of the phone was closed, Ai Shuishui, and Oh. That is not new, there a few days ago one of the guys dropped more than 40 machines, go to the resort, everything would stop and mobile phones. Sincere and want to give my friends some help.

Of course, I did not mean to belittle small companies, I think as long as the small companies to work seriously and responsibly, endurance, and is entirely a choice, but some things do not really people's will, I saw a lot of small companies began ambitious, less than six months, most less than 3 months, a major problem. Because this period is not much more than a lot of customers, more trouble on the stage, many companies are really just do not last, it collapsed. Sometimes the past really is not very, ah, you think about the two people, middle of the night to telephone, server problems, we should go to room, here customer phone calls, aggressive, side room procrastination, there is the problem not solved, you that can not collapse it?

Once again advise those who want to host the host's friends, if you will be placed on the server is hundreds of business's Web site, it would have to be careful, once the problems, as long as one or two companies because the server is interrupted, reported to the Trade and Industry Bureau, you the miserable, and can range from fines to close, so try to choose the strength of the norms of big companies, at least not last does not answer the phone and played disappeared.

Third, actual combat experience - four strokes and teach you easy to pick

The first one: the first host may wish to look at the ICP license

If you are a first time host, would like to rely on this server business, life, pot of gold dug up, then absolutely do not consider the first license is not icp "small company", to lock stuff, large, big reputation, reputation high large companies, this is a basic principle, even spend a few thousand dollars worth, that in the future you will understand why.

The second trick: try to cross the unnecessary middlemen (intermediaries)

Try to cross the unnecessary middlemen, small roundabout, which is not quite all is to save money (of course that is also one of the factors), because the more middlemen, the more unstable factors in the future, likely passing the buck, it is be accomplished. To try to find those who rent directly from the cabinet room hosting service providers. A friend asked is not the best custodian directly to the computer room is the best? I think, not a bad idea, but sometimes directly to the room hosting the price much more expensive than through the middleman, because the main computer room for those renting the cabinet company, on the sporadic managed server is not very great importance to customers, the service does not necessarily keep up with a good host.

The third measure: do not rush the first study room, first proposed inspection service

Remember, some service providers do not meet in the room, because the room is the second study to investigate service providers is fundamental, going to service companies to see the house not so big? Many people much? Scale work? Technology it work ? long history is not long? general service providers can not wait to see about your luxurious room, but remember that room and then luxury, others will give you room not bear any responsibility for a problem you only find service providers.

Do not choose without a fixed telephone, fixed-site to do hosted sites, in particular, do not listen to those who only stay in PHS, Shenzhouxing, QQ number, E-mail the person, such personnel at any time disappeared, Do not look at their phone and you talk online get hot, to the vague when serious things, so please do not give the machine where they put up, or lost your machine's capability to report.

Fourth strokes: study room focusing on its size, history





Room in the duty room

Although the secondary inspection room, but also very necessary to look at, not only listen to service providers boast bandwidth, speed and more better, depending on room size and history. Beijing is now lined room, new room from time to time the emergence of a level that is telecommunications, people say, but carrier-grade room, did not say a telecommunications open ah, do not misunderstand ah, huh, huh. Service provider may give you the speed of face to face test site, but bandwidth is not always good good good speed, these words spoke convoluted, but it is known to the law of the industry. First because the machine room of a new low, and therefore is definitely faster, but this new room take into account the initial start-up costs, often leading to the Internet backbone, less the total exports, operating time, more customers, the speed will slow amazing (this stage is not very long, because the new engine room began to lower prices to attract tenants, the total will soon be overcrowded), but also because many of the new engine room personnel, equipment, experience, rules and regulations can not keep up, leading to many strange problems, For example win2000 machine faster, freebsd machine to slow; a judge to solve the problem excruciatingly slow; often interrupt service maintenance and so on. There is now general appearance are more luxurious room, for example, to open four or five-star mansion, this can not explain anything.

To see more of the historic old brand of room, do not think the old engine room equipment obsolete, in fact, it can stabilize its operations so long, the accumulation of talent, experience, equipment, reputation, rules, new machine room is lacking.

Fourth, insight - easy to lose sight of several large selection of learning

1 managed to sign a strict contract

Custodian must sign strict contracts, specifying the responsibilities, rights, for example, service providers or mobile machine to debug the machine in time to change the IP to three days in advance to notify the user, or we need to compensate for the losses; service provider has the right to switch over to another server, etc. . If possible, take a look at managed services provider business license, ICP license, if the opening is too short, the best kept at a distance.





Alarm System

2, it is best not to remote host

If the local has the best room in the local host, not all the way managed to field, because the server can not all rely on remote maintenance, and sometimes can not prevent the local maintenance, and much in the field, no one will help you repair hardware, install software, even if not willing to help you much, or charge very dark, is not necessary.





Distribution box

3, exclusive and sharing, do not give business to fool the

The bandwidth provided by the host, and now there are two forms, one is exclusive, such as exclusive 1 trillion, 10 trillion exclusive, exclusive Fast, which means your server can be exclusive to this bandwidth, not and the other server share will not be interference from other servers, the more expensive; the other is the most common form of Fast shared the name suggests, is a cabinet with 100M bandwidth, for all the servers in the cabinet share (generally up more than a dozen units have put dozens of ruthless heart), this form is the most common, lowest price, performance is good, generally we look at each site server hosting prices are referred to this form. Needs to be emphasized that the exclusive and shared two concepts are completely different, the price can not compare the two, even if the price is exclusive 1M Fast expensive than shared. Do not start off the first time a friend, or first choose to share as well, as long as the selection of the service, its speed is very good.



Batteries

I often receive some "newbie" friends advice phone, asked me: If you managed to share the cabinet in the Fast Lane, I can guarantee you the bandwidth of 30M? Oh, you think, if the exclusive 30M cost? Obvious that is not possible, the reality is, in general, the rooms, if your server bandwidth for several days more than in the 5M, you have to be careful, and Nongbu Hao would be driven out of the room. You will the cabinets in the server's speed drag slowly, you will quit the. You may not understand, since it is 100M shared, if there are 10 servers, then the 100M ¡Â 10 units = 10M / Taiwan, Unfortunately, it's not such a division. Because, Fast shared does not mean that the speed of the cabinet connected to the Internet there is 100M.

Then a cabinet connected to the Internet how much bandwidth is really in the end? In fact, the industry recognized to have 10M-20M's pretty good, Why? As everyone different, in short, do not worry about Fast card is not enough, give you continued to provide 10 2M do not yell in the room a few days on the good, and those who share in mouth promised to you in Fast designated the exclusive 30M people definitely cheat! need more consideration.

Perhaps some friends will ask my hosting provider I have stated in the contract to a "guarantee a connection speed of 100Mbps for each server to ensure that the available bandwidth of 10Mbps per server," this statement is very vague, no one knew if the server Fast access to that switch inside the cabinet, in the lower right corner of the computer screen flashes a small computer logo will appear 100Mbps connection, but this does not mean that this server to connect to the Internet speed is 100M. Only show your server to connect to the switch is 100M, unfortunately this does not make much sense, even if the switch to this server 10M exclusive distribution, but your cabinet switch connected to the Internet backbone speed of 10 megabytes, it still can not ensure that each server has a bandwidth of 10M real ah! unless stated in the contract to ensure that each server connected to the Internet backbone bandwidth not less than 10M, it is true, is not it? this trick is misleading, Many service providers are not writing about in the contract, resulting in a lot of people really think they have exclusive 10M bandwidth, in fact, doing so is not rigorous. It should be said clearly, as to ensure and guarantee the server to switch the server to the Internet 100M 100M altogether different story, which is why Fast shared hosting just over 2,000 yuan per year, but once is truly exclusive 10 trillion, should easily last 10 000 per year?! is the truth. Straight, also avoid disputes.

4, open-flow limitation does not mean that the bandwidth limitations mean that everyone who is not restricted

In many managed the contract, usually written: No restrictions on traffic. Listen well, actually, to find out, traffic is not equal to the bandwidth, ah, do not restrict traffic does not mean unlimited bandwidth, is like that of a water faucet, do not restrict flow, but restrict the flow rate, leading only to unscrew the thin trace, Although not limited to traffic, but also put an hour less than one tank of water. This is a game of words. Some hosting providers, clear: not only do not limit our traffic, but not limited to the bandwidth! Listen very powerful, in fact, there are people behind the words: I do not limit you, do not limit other people! Well, all rubbish, all no restrictions, then a cabinet where several machines are done downloading, eventually we slow a slow start, you go to custodian theory, others argue: no way, I do not guarantee you the lowest bandwidth, I do not limit your traffic and bandwidth, thus can not restrict other people's traffic and bandwidth, bandwidth on so much, who's machine is good, robbed of many is who, and I can not limit. Eventually came to realize that this restriction is the most terrible, probably the slowest. If we do not understand, I cite examples, such as at the crossroads, the general will have a traffic light, for the two roads is that there are "restrictions", but this restriction is to ensure the smooth flow of traffic, but If we feel that the traffic lights is a waste of time, the traffic department to remove it, then the car plug on a brain child are gone, this time I am afraid you speed through the intersection will be very slow, that "no restrictions" are become a "limit" the.

5, writing in the final

Due to space constraints, the specific operation in many significant details, of course, where not to go through, but if the above control method chosen to find a good hosting provider is not hard, and In addition, to indicate that in here which I will not directly give a good service provider, which is not good, but it makes much of the gunmen had, and because everyone's situation is different, out of the service provider elected not necessarily for everyone, like models who wear the nice clothes on your body may not be suitable for the same. Hosted discussions on the question to be here, and that there is no doubt that the system was mentioned in comments, but also can go to the forum for the exchange.

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