Normac
03-11-2008, 05:00 AM
Hi.
Recently my dad (I'm currently 16) has moved to an unmanaged dedicated server with Esecuredata.com . After moving through 3 Managed/unmanaged with support, he (and so have I) has got sick of the downtime after downtime, and have decided to cut out the incompetent support and go with an impressive unmanaged dedicated server with no support. Worst case is we can't handle it and we lose a small amount of money, nothing compared to the loss in profits if we keep with all the downtime.
Now since I'm the person who is generally really good at all things command line and coding related (and I'm currently getting enough free links/SEO to make anything a PR 4-6 :D) I've offered to learn how too manage the server.
My experience with servers is has been generally been with control panels like Plesk and DirectAdmin, though I do install things like PHP/MYSQL/APACHE on localhosts so I can test script off the frequently down servers.
Now I've been reading around, but I really can't find any information on what managing a server needs on a daily/weekly bases, or what kind of software you need to install (Is antivirus needed or not, been reading conflicting info on that.)
The current OS on the server is CentOS 5 and everything that comes with it. The server load is around 30K+ visitors, thousands of pages, though he is letting me learn with a few sites at first.
Basicly I'm not asking HOW to run a managed server down to every detail, but what topics should I research/learn, what kind of software is needed on a server, and what the daily/weekly task are? (reccomendations welcome).
Oh and I don't want to hear about how we should get a managed server. I believe that everything is learn able if you put the hard work in, which I am willing. Not to mention a monkey could do a better job then the management/support we've seen, I can't do any worse then that!!
Thanks in advance.
Normac.
PS: You can read all of his reviews of the companies at
http://www.morearnings.com/2007/06/17/server4you-dedicated-server-hosting-problems/
Includes reg-123.com, Server4U and Hivelocity where you can see him rip shreds out of support. Was it a good idea agreeing to be his next support?.......
Recently my dad (I'm currently 16) has moved to an unmanaged dedicated server with Esecuredata.com . After moving through 3 Managed/unmanaged with support, he (and so have I) has got sick of the downtime after downtime, and have decided to cut out the incompetent support and go with an impressive unmanaged dedicated server with no support. Worst case is we can't handle it and we lose a small amount of money, nothing compared to the loss in profits if we keep with all the downtime.
Now since I'm the person who is generally really good at all things command line and coding related (and I'm currently getting enough free links/SEO to make anything a PR 4-6 :D) I've offered to learn how too manage the server.
My experience with servers is has been generally been with control panels like Plesk and DirectAdmin, though I do install things like PHP/MYSQL/APACHE on localhosts so I can test script off the frequently down servers.
Now I've been reading around, but I really can't find any information on what managing a server needs on a daily/weekly bases, or what kind of software you need to install (Is antivirus needed or not, been reading conflicting info on that.)
The current OS on the server is CentOS 5 and everything that comes with it. The server load is around 30K+ visitors, thousands of pages, though he is letting me learn with a few sites at first.
Basicly I'm not asking HOW to run a managed server down to every detail, but what topics should I research/learn, what kind of software is needed on a server, and what the daily/weekly task are? (reccomendations welcome).
Oh and I don't want to hear about how we should get a managed server. I believe that everything is learn able if you put the hard work in, which I am willing. Not to mention a monkey could do a better job then the management/support we've seen, I can't do any worse then that!!
Thanks in advance.
Normac.
PS: You can read all of his reviews of the companies at
http://www.morearnings.com/2007/06/17/server4you-dedicated-server-hosting-problems/
Includes reg-123.com, Server4U and Hivelocity where you can see him rip shreds out of support. Was it a good idea agreeing to be his next support?.......