Liquid Dezign offers support for Linux Server/s from Setup to Maintenance and Security. We can help your business, organisation or private website trim costs associated with your website, increase your websites traffic and help your site turn a profit. Liquid Dezign offers Tutorials, Forum Support and a Projects Page where registered members can post ads for custom work such as Logos, Flash, PHP, Java etc.. Liquid DeZign also offers individual support for a reasonable rate. Our hope is to offer professional support for reasonable rates. Join Today and help support Liquid Dezign.
Liquid Dezign deals with Linux Servers and is intended to help both webmasters and website owners by bringing them both together. We offer tutorials, support, custom scripts, custom distributions, website tips etc... All this is meant to help you get your Linux Server setup quickly and as easy as possible. Registration is free and we only ask that you lend support to others and Liquid Dezign community!
Support for Linux Servers is all over the internet due to the numerous Linux Distributions, Content Management Systems, Apache, MySQL, PHP etc... This makes setting up a Linux Server completely confusing to those just starting out. Setting up a Linux Server can be the best investment your company or community organisation makes since it will lower your overall costs associated with your website. There are a few factors to take into consideration before deciding on hosting your own server or using a hosting companies server/s.
Shared Hosting
Hosting companies offer shared hosting this can cut costs but on the other hand the server may experience higher traffic at certain hours since your sharing that server with other domains. This causes page load times to increase exponentially. This can be costly if your website depends on web traffic for revenue.
Hosting companies offer one benefit over running your own server and that is they manage the servers and hardware for you. Most hosting companies do a good job while others will have you pulling your hair out. Setting up your own server means you will have to manage your server but be rest assured you will not be as susceptible to attacks since your server is private not to mention Linux is the most stable OS when setup correctly.
Dedicated Servers
Renting a dedicated server from a hosting company can be almost 5X more costly then shared hosting. Dedicated Servers are intended to run numerous websites or programs. Setting up your own Linux Server on the same hardware can cut dedicated server costs by almost 50% for the first year and over 100% the second year.
Hardware Needed
There are numerous Linux Distributions that are capable of running on almost any type of hardware. But anything under the Minimum Requirements below should be avoided since older hardware and slower internet speeds will only reduce your Linux Server/s overall performance. You can test your internet speed with this link
Minimum Requirements
- 500 MHz Processor
- 512 /MB of System Memory (RAM)
- 4 GB of Hard-Drive Space
- Graphics card and monitor capable of 800x600
- Either a Cd/Dvd-Drive or Usb port (or both)
- Internet Connection Static IP (1.0/Mbps Down - 128/Kbps Up)
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