On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:52:52 -0200 Friedrich Locke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi folks, > > i am planning to setup a shell/web/mail hosting service and, of > course, i will run OpenBSD as my OS of choice. > I am live in Brazil and would like to host my server outside Brazil. > > My initial ideia is to buy the server (on the country i would like to > host my server(s)) and send it to the company that will handle my > server. > Is that possible? Would you mind suggesting company(ies) i could > contract ? > > Thanks a lot for your time and cooperation. > > Best regards. > 2c, colocating your own hardware is usually not the way to go anymore. renting a "dedicated server" somewhere is in most cases the better choice. much less hassle with defective hardware and lots cheaper. in that area what to check for is - serial console, nice but not absolutly nessasary - some kind of rescue-boot enviroment, mostly linux based, to install openbsd (yaifo) and dd the disks in case of norecoverable failures - 2 disks, will minimize your downtime (softraid) (if they replace the disk you tell them to and not the wrong one...) - oh supported hardware is nice to have, you can ask them for a dmesg in advance, wouldn't be so good to commit to a 12 month plan otherwise, but there are monthly billing contracts available. ...
