On 4-1-2014 19:22, dice_in_trou...@yahoo.com wrote: > I would like to host my firebird database on a provider, but don't have > an idea on where to start. We currently have a firebird database in > which is connected via lan. As our company grows, so its needs. We plan > to expand on another branch which will be located on a different site, > and we plan to have a website so that we can access our database from > one branch to another. I tried searching for providers which can host my > database, but failed to find one. I was also thinking of hosting it on > our own server but don't know where to start also.
You are not very explicit about how you need to access the database: do you need access to the database directly or only through the web application. Do you currently already have such a web application, or would it need to be developed first? You should consider to investigate virtualizing the LAN (using VPN) for the branches, so that the branches share the same - virtual - LAN, this virtual LAN can extend to server hosted in a datacenter elsewhere(!). Hosting on a publicly accessible host comes with a set of security considerations that you don't have if the application (and database) are hosted internally inside your LAN. Mark -- Mark Rotteveel
