Datacentre restrictions

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject: Datacentre restrictions

Hey there,

I thought other people in the future may be interested in this so I'll post it here.

Lately I've been running a few services off my home computers, and even went to the point of renting a cheap VPS from another host, so that I could run things that nethosted currently do not necessarily offer (things like Apache2, Subversion, server daemons for various projects I work on now and then).

I've been thinking about consolidating everything into just renting a dedicated server, however I remember a while ago Mark (I think?) mentioned that the datacentre had some restrictions on things that were allowed to be run (it was IRC daemons in that case).

Obviously I wouldn't want to rent a dedicated server only to find I can't run certain services. So I wonder is it possible I could get a list of things that aren't allowed?

Mike

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5625

Mike,

I'll check to see if the policy has changed at the data centre.

Andrew

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5625

Mike,

Services wise you can run anything that is legal in UK law. Common sense has to be applied also: so no spamming, no launching denial of service attacks etc (not that I suspect you would do such a thing!).

I'm just awaiting clarification from the boss at the datecentre re: IRC servers as there seems to be some confusion amongst the various techs. He wont be in until later today.

Andrew

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5625

Mike,

He has confirmed that IRC servers are not allowed on their network.

Andrew

Guest

Hi,

Do you offer any VPS services as I am currently looking for a good one and your customer service is brilliant.

Regards,

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5625

Hi,

I'm afraid we do not offer VPS services at this time.

Thanks,

Andrew