MLUG: Re: [MLUG] Frame Relay or Better
Re: [MLUG] Frame Relay or Better
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If you're close to a phone hub/switching station in a rural area where 
they've established more capacity in anticipation of it being less rural 
some day, could you (and I don't know if there is technology to support 
this) purchase multiple DSL lines and have some sort of distributed 
bandwidth solution?


Vern Green wrote:

>Call me old fashioned and call me crazy if you want. 
>
>The mail production servers are colocated as they should be, cost wise
>there really is no better option.
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>The problem is I like to do my development on seperate servers, call
>me nuts, but I have had too many developers write code that puts the
>server into a major recursive loop and essentially shuts down the
>whole shooting match. I personally have never done this, but I know
>the guys that work for me do this almost weekly.
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>I would much rather crash a development server than crash the main
>server. So my routine is to develop on a code base, once that code
>base is complete, I post it to an internet server, independent, for
>people to test. I might be crazy, but I find having that development
>server sitting next to me much more efficient than doing it all over
>the wire.
>
>Besides, the company is going to pay for it, so I would at least like
>to get a connection that I can be happy about.
>
>On Apr 6, 2005 9:15 PM, Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
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>>Jonathan King wrote:
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>>>The lore on this groups seems to be something like: if in doubt, call
>>>Tranquility.  One thing that I guess might help is not to have any
>>>high-volume server on site, but have it colocated somewhere else with
>>>better access.
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>>Actually, my advice would be more along the lines of, call *Hunter* at
>>Tranquility :)  This guy is the most helpful guy I've ever dealt with in
>>the world of telecommunications.  Not only does he have a good grasp of
>>the technical issues, he can also deal with 'normal' people
>>appropriately...and also is willing to go the extra mile.  Call Hunter.
>>If he can't help you, he can tell you who can.
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>>As for the colo, I'd highly recommend this route.  These days, there's
>>very little reason one absolutely *has* to have physical access to their
>>internet servers.  I'm sure there are a few circumstances, but they are
>>far and few between.
>>
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