I want to start my own Irc server. Whats the different kinds of hosting available, and can anyone recommend a hosting provider?
Ircd will run an IRC daemon on the server for you. You only get to control it – no other aspects of the server.
Shell hosting means that you can log into the server and execute any commands that you like, probably over ssh. That means that you can run an IRC daemon, but also a lot more stuff at once such as a web server. It is also harder to set up and maintain.
I recommend http://www.cheapvps.co.uk/ or http://vpslink.com/ for a shell server. They are both virtual private servers, so that it’s as if you have a whole computer to yourself, and you get to be the administrator. There are several virtual servers running on one real machine.
I’m afraid I’ve never used dedicated IRC Hosting so can’t comment on that.
Ircd will run an IRC daemon on the server for you. You only get to control it – no other aspects of the server.
Shell hosting means that you can log into the server and execute any commands that you like, probably over ssh. That means that you can run an IRC daemon, but also a lot more stuff at once such as a web server. It is also harder to set up and maintain.
I recommend http://www.cheapvps.co.uk/ or http://vpslink.com/ for a shell server. They are both virtual private servers, so that it’s as if you have a whole computer to yourself, and you get to be the administrator. There are several virtual servers running on one real machine.
I’m afraid I’ve never used dedicated IRC hosting so can’t comment on that.
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