Questions about managing own server
Ning To Jamroom
Hi Guys,
Firstly to say how impressed I have been by the professionalism of the JR folks we have been pestering by email
. We are very close to a decision to migrate to JR. Our site paintmyphoto.net on ning 2 has over 100k photos and over 20k members. Paul and Brian have recommended a vps server, Brian has suggested the Linode 4gb which we are happy to go with.
https://www.linode.com/pricing
Another option as a server management novice, is to go managed, yet this is of course more expensive. My question is to those who are familiar with managing servers themselves. How hard is it? How do you 'patch' the server with updates and security fixes. I am ok with a learning curve, and my day job is computer engineer, but experience is with lan's not web servers. Any observations/suggestions appreciated!
updated by @roy-simmons: 02/24/15 08:46:21PM