Unique IPs?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by lowprofilejoe, Jan 4, 2008.

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Do all the sites on your dedicated server have their own "unique" IP address?

Poll closed Feb 3, 2008.

  1. Yes - always

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  2. No - why increase my monthly bills

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    40.0%

  3. Sometimes - I do it for the sites I think will make it big

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    40.0%
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    So I own a dedicated server but don't have all my "affiliate" and blog sites all on their own unique IP. What are your thoughts? Do you put all sites on their own unique IP or share them?
     
    lowprofilejoe, Jan 4, 2008 IP
  2. linsys

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    No, I just have my big sites on their own IP, but my smaller sites or even customer sites share the same IP.
     
    linsys, Jan 4, 2008 IP
  3. boltok

    boltok Active Member

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    In most cases, it's a wastage of IP space if you have a separate IP for each website. I have had up to 20 websites on the same one. You can even use a reverse proxy behind 1 IP, serving multiple servers hosting your sites.

    Really big sites may span across multiple IPs. That helps to both distribute your load as well as provide redundancy.
     
    boltok, Jan 4, 2008 IP
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    Sometimes - I do it for the sites I think will make it big.

    No point wasting the world IPs on useless sites. :)
     
    Millar, Jan 5, 2008 IP
  5. lowprofilejoe

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