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05-01-2011, 03:01 PM #26Tells All!
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05-01-2011, 03:16 PM #27Web Hosting Master
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05-01-2011, 03:22 PM #28Newbie
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05-01-2011, 03:33 PM #29Disabled
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I guess you should not wait for the college to come to you and help you to improve your IT skills. They have a limit to what they can provide and they should be more concerned about their own profit.
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05-01-2011, 03:35 PM #30Newbie
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tbh I wouldn't buy a server off eBay, unless I could collect it and verify it was working! I do drive, and nowhere in Ireland is more that 5 hours from me - plus we do like adventures, and week ends away!
Seriously, there are a few Dell 2850 servers within a few hours of me, which may do the job. I depends, if that is considered the best option by you folks, then great, but it seems that most are recommending the VPS option.
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05-01-2011, 03:49 PM #31Always Learning...
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You have to see how much money you have in hand and how far it can take you in terms of learning and term, have a look at VPS Hosting Offers, check which deal suits you and your budget, try to get a semi-managed VPS, so that if something goes wrong someone is there to fix it for you.
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05-01-2011, 04:19 PM #32Tells All!
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OP: Don't forget that the VPS or server will need to "belong" to the society rather than you as a person. Buying hardware may be more complicated, as it will need to be assessed for electrical safety every year etc.
A VPS will be easier, if the hardware breaks, then you don't need to worry, and you can budget much more easily.
Also, keep in mind that you can't do things for profit within the society, and all funds generated have to go back into the society/SU, and you'd have to keep your non-society projects seperate from the society. For example, you couldn't use the society VPS to host someone's website for money, nor could you use it as a development environment.
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05-01-2011, 04:58 PM #33Newbie
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Yep, already have those details in our SU Clubs & Societies guide book. The server is not for me, but it is my responsibility to organise hosting. There won't be any funds gererated, as we want to provide hosting access for free. There is a small Society membership fee, which has been introduced to A). stop the messers, and B). provide some funds for further society assets.
We can use the society server for development, so long as the member is still an active student, and it's part of their course work, i.e. research, masters or phd studies.
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