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by Chris Mallinson


My Mac Mini @ Macminicolo

There are thousands of web hosting / co-location services out there, but as far as I know, there are none that will co-locate a server that can be shipped in a shoebox, and will treat it like it belongs in a rack, next to the big boys.

Macminicolo.net does just that.  You send them a Mac Mini (or buy one from them at the going rate) and they will hook it up to a smoking fast connection in a managed facility.  You get full access to your machine, and can even (optionally) manage the power supply remotely.

Worried a Mac Mini would not be able to keep up with your needs?  You’d be surprised.  They perform very well under load, especially maxed out with RAM.  In addition to being able to host unlimited domains yourself, it’s a great way to keep remote secure backups, manage an SVN repository, or just to use as a personal file server.

I’ve been using their service for about a year, and I’m extremely satisfied.

6 Responses to My Mac Mini @ Macminicolo

Richard says: May 19, 2009 at 8:02 am

I can’t agree more, I’ve got a mini running there as well. Excellent service and great performance. Before that I was running the server from home using my DSL connection and I had a lot more issues on reliability.

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Chris says: May 19, 2009 at 9:40 am

Another great thing about running your own server is learning about everything works. Macminicolo also hosts tutorials and a video series on their blog (currently being updated for Leopard).

I’ve just added a second mini to my arsenal with 4gb RAM for a new project. Lots of fun.

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Chris says: June 9, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Me too Andy. The best thing about it is that it’s also hooked up to my TV as a media center. It’s a super-charged Apple TV, as well as a perfect dev machine, all in one, and the two functions don’t conflict at all.

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Anthony Alberts says: November 20, 2009 at 12:38 pm

We are just launching the mac mini colo and dedicated server program and we have received great feedback specifically from the graphic design colleges, photogrophers and music industry. There are a lot of students that are reeking benefit from a cost effective solution into enterprise level data centres

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Ann says: September 14, 2010 at 12:42 pm

Agreed. You can do so much with a Mac Mini for such a small fee. Setting up a Domain like AD on a Windows box on a Mac is much more faster to setup.

Using Macs for small businesses with not a huge budget works great for me.

I am hosting mine out of Clarity Web Hosting in Toronto. The support staff made it a seamless process.

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