Dedicated Server

[docsharp]

I plan to purchase VPS but I know after a while I will want to go dedicated probably with Defender. What class or book could someone suggest that I buy to learn how to manage dedicated servers. I figure I could prepare myself now so that in a year or so i'll be ready to move on.

[charles]

I can't recommend any books, but Oreilly books are always good. The Linux Documentation Project is the definitive source for linux docs.

http://oreilly.com/
http://www.tldp.org/


The VPS will be a greta learning experience. You can poke around and see how things work, and start doing your own maintenance. You'll always have help if you get stuck.

charles

[Fred]

yes, you won't learn without having the machine available to test.

Get a vps to start... try things... then in a year switch to a dedicated... You'll be more confident since having a dedicated without a good experience with linux isn't a good idea...

And support guys here are great... They will pull their hair off their head before telling you they are unable to help you :)

[Robert]

Does that explain the baldness I've seen lately on my head? lol