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last time i checked, sidgames was dead....
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TouchéOriginally posted by MarkG
last time i checked, sidgames was dead....
But what happened to sidgames system?
In it's days of glory it sure was big and huge and beautiful - it would be a pity if everything is just lost to the bit-heaven.Comment
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Uninterruptible Power SupplyOriginally posted by BeBro
What is an UPS? Could someone explain me that?
I think the words say enough
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O yes, agreed, I work at a co-location area, and it's certainly not cheap...probably explains why there's still a lot emptyOriginally posted by Urban Ranger
As opposed to web hosting, colocation (having a company to look after your server) is <em>expensive</em>, usually in units of thousands of US dollars.
It's reasonable if that's a company website, esp. one for e-commerce. But for a gaming site? Let's be realistic. 
We had a UPS on fire a few weeks ago
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Well,Originally posted by Zopperoni
We had a UPS on fire a few weeks ago
my last summervacation was nicely interrupted by a UPS that gone mad.
You see something broke the UPS and thus it switched itself off. OK, everything went down, but after about 20 seconds the UPS thought OK everything safe now => switch on. Again a 20 sec's later it went off again.
Our server with SCSI didn't like this for too many hours and thus the operating harddrive broke.
So yes I love my UPS systems, but I cann't live whitout them eitherComment
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Oh, thanksOriginally posted by Zopperoni
Uninterruptible Power Supply
I think the words say enough
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A weird thing happened at my work too. Some guys were working in the UPS room of Ebone, and the next thing, the fire alarm went offOriginally posted by Jeje2
You see something broke the UPS and thus it switched itself off. OK, everything went down, but after about 20 seconds the UPS thought OK everything safe now => switch on. Again a 20 sec's later it went off again.
Luckily it was only UPS A, so the place could still run on UPS B.
Everythings double-secured here.Comment
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In my last job my predecessor stupidly signed a two year contract to colocate the company's own tiny http server. Blah, CTOs who don't know what they're doing.Originally posted by Zopperoni
O yes, agreed, I work at a co-location area, and it's certainly not cheap...probably explains why there's still a lot empty
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Yeah, because Kunal's a ***** and got bored of it and a girlfriend at the same time.Originally posted by MarkG
last time i checked, sidgames was dead....
It's very reasonable if you find sites that will do it.It's reasonable if that's a company website, esp. one for e-commerce. But for a gaming site? Let's be realistic.
You don't have to opt for enterprise-class hosting. There are people who do it for much cheaper too.
It is realistic. As I said, SidGames did it and there were actually profits made on top of it, even after paying for the hosting."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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As I said, it's not web hosting, it's colo (some call it facility management). There's a difference there.
Colo means you own the server but has it placed in the care of another company that provides Internet connection and other services such as backup and 24-hour monitoring.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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Maybe Apolyton should get Firaxis to host them
Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?Comment
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They seem to have reasonable rates. I don't know for sure, but Poly still might cost quite a bit. What do you say Mark? A TeraByte per month for $2600 usd. Just bill Horsie by the line, you'll be rich.
I think it's US funds, even though they are located in Canada. Pretty good guys. And their space is computer heaven. A nice steady 10 degrees Celsius (or so). I should say that I have a vested interest. I build some of their comps.
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chokes. drops dead.Originally posted by notyoueither
A TeraByte per month for $2600 usd.Co-Founder, Apolyton Civilization Site
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Originally posted by notyoueither
A TeraByte per month for $2600 usd.
Isn't 1 Tera the same as 1000 Gigas?
For that price you might just buy 10 100 GB HD instead!
And they're your property (until they malfunction or get obsolete)!
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Come on, what do you expect? This server's in Greece, it doesn't run on anything else but houmous and spent car batteries
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