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Rob Golding

Consultant/SI, Othello Technology Systems Ltd

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Manager of an ICANN accredited Domain Registrar, professional Web Host since 1996, and now DataCentre operator in London Docklands, UK.

WEB: Domain Names

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Sept. 18, 2010

What’s the most you would pay for 1 TB of virtual storage?

Robin Goodchild asked ...
Why would you pay EXCESSIVELY for an online service, when you can just buy the disks and do it yourself?
Because any real business understands that it needs at least one copy of the data offsite - and industry dependant, that could be ... more

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Servers and Storage

Storage Devices

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July 29, 2010

Moving data storage to the cloud? What’s your business continuity plan?

I think you're mixing terminology somewhat ... anything "online" is "in the cloud" rather than actually being within a "cloud provider/service" :)
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The provider going out of business is one of the many risks companies have to address when considering moving their critical data into ... more

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Security

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June 23, 2010

Cheap dedicated hosting:

"cheap" and "service" tend to only go in the same sentence as words like "poor" and "bad" ;)
what would you consider a fair monthly service price
Which country ? What level of SLA ? How much transfer/bandwidth ? What Operating System ?
The monthly cost of ... more

Information Technology

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated Hosting Prices

Hosting and Bandwidth

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March 9, 2010

Focus Research Insight: Do you have a preference to talk pricing up front?

To me it depends on if the client is budget focussed - so requirements have to made-to-fit within a price-range or if they are service focussed, where meeting their needs with room to grow takes precedence.
Personally I tend to have an idea of what a ... more

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Phone Systems

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March 9, 2010

What is a colocation data center?

Colocation is simply where you put _your_ equipment in someone elses datacentre.
For clients who require custom hardware, specific security/access controls and high-uptime, colo is essential.
For those who need commodity hardware, standard configurations but still a dedicated and high-performance resource, then a dedicated-server rather than ... more

Information Technology

Colocation

Data Centers

Hosting and Bandwidth

Rob Golding and 2 other people answered this question

March 9, 2010

What’s the difference between managed and dedicated server hosting?

In most cases there is no significant difference between a managed server hosting and dedicated server hosting *except* the management.
All servers require management - if you dont have an on-staff trained systems administrator or a 3rd party company that provides this service fro you, then ... more

Information Technology

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March 9, 2010

Where can I find information on how to be PCI compliant?

There is a lot of information about compliance and the ideas behind it at
https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/index.shtml

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