Comments on: Getting Bigger Means Getting Hacked… http://www.stephenfung.net/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/ The Personal Yakkety Yakkings of an Internet Entrepreneur Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Juan Francisco Diez http://www.stephenfung.net/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Juan Francisco Diez Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:20:31 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/#comment-380 Buying a nice server and keeping your "food site" is always a good decision. Unfortunately everyone learns the bad way, we swapped servers when our last machine couldn´t handle our traffic and wen´t down every 5 minutes. Even thought the machine you bought is definitely bigger than your needs, at least you won´t need to upgrade it or change something in quite a long time. And that helps for your uptime, at least I don´t like to let my website down for even 2 minutes. Buying a nice server and keeping your “food site” is always a good decision. Unfortunately everyone learns the bad way, we swapped servers when our last machine couldn´t handle our traffic and wen´t down every 5 minutes.

Even thought the machine you bought is definitely bigger than your needs, at least you won´t need to upgrade it or change something in quite a long time. And that helps for your uptime, at least I don´t like to let my website down for even 2 minutes.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.stephenfung.net/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Stephen Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:27:55 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/#comment-376 I've got something like that here, but I would really like to have something that was like an offsite mirror so I can just restore whether I'm at home or not. If all my stuff was here while I was overseas, I wouldn't be able to restore my site till I got home, and that would suck. I’ve got something like that here, but I would really like to have something that was like an offsite mirror so I can just restore whether I’m at home or not. If all my stuff was here while I was overseas, I wouldn’t be able to restore my site till I got home, and that would suck.

]]> By: Bob Buskirk http://www.stephenfung.net/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Bob Buskirk Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:17:35 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/#comment-375 Yeah I dont need to worry about being hacked, eveything is backed up (files, mysql, etc) each night to a box that is right beside me, but it is a pain to get everything back up and running if you are hacked. Yeah I dont need to worry about being hacked, eveything is backed up (files, mysql, etc) each night to a box that is right beside me, but it is a pain to get everything back up and running if you are hacked.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.stephenfung.net/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Stephen Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:29:55 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/#comment-373 Oh, and this price included my Redhat Enterprise License and taxes, and shipping. The server was only about $2000 in Canuck Bucks. Oh, and this price included my Redhat Enterprise License and taxes, and shipping. The server was only about $2000 in Canuck Bucks.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.stephenfung.net/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Stephen Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:27:39 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/getting-bigger-means-getting-hacked/#comment-372 A server is an investment that I would rather spend extra money now, and not have to pull an old server offline to replace it later. If you remember how many times we had issues with trying to fix my first server, this is my second chance and I won't fuck that decision up this time with a cheap hack of a server. It's unlikely that I will grow out of this server. In addition to a ton of RAM, it will support up to 320 gig SCSI drives, and can run two Dual Core XEON's if I'll ever need it. I would not be surprised if this thing lasted me the next 5 years. I would not hesitate to spend on things that give me peace of mind and allow my business to run at its best possible performance, even if it is overkill. Since the site is my lifeline, then it's kind of like this. If you were on a sinking boat, and you had a choice between a life preserver that "Did the Job" and one that was "Overkill", which one would you pick while you float around in the ocean? A server is an investment that I would rather spend extra money now, and not have to pull an old server offline to replace it later. If you remember how many times we had issues with trying to fix my first server, this is my second chance and I won’t fuck that decision up this time with a cheap hack of a server.

It’s unlikely that I will grow out of this server. In addition to a ton of RAM, it will support up to 320 gig SCSI drives, and can run two Dual Core XEON’s if I’ll ever need it. I would not be surprised if this thing lasted me the next 5 years. I would not hesitate to spend on things that give me peace of mind and allow my business to run at its best possible performance, even if it is overkill.

Since the site is my lifeline, then it’s kind of like this. If you were on a sinking boat, and you had a choice between a life preserver that “Did the Job” and one that was “Overkill”, which one would you pick while you float around in the ocean?

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