Dedicated server.

[Professur]

nowhere to host 100 megs

We could all have a place to host 100 megs if enough people would spring for a dedicated server.

Alright, let's lay the cards on the table. How much scratch are we talking about. Let's have the who, what, where, when, and how of it all.

 

[fury]

The cheapest servers are at rackshack.net.

At the bare minimum:

http://www.rackshack.net/english/amd.asp

AMD Duron 1 ghz, 512mb RAM, 40gb hard drive and 400gb of bandwidth. $1 setup fee, $99/mo

However, with that kind of configuration, server performance may be pretty hard to keep at a reasonable level.

Ideally, one of these.

http://www.rackshack.net/english/hpp420.asp

P4 2.0, 512, 80gb, 400gb, $179 setup, $129/mo

However, with the cheapest servers also comes the lack of service.

We would also have to hire a Linux server admin which can range anywhere from free w/ hosting to hundreds of dollars an hour.

When is flexible. When just depends on when we get the money flow.

 

[Professur]

Y'know, has anyone thought to start their own ISP and host the place themselves? It should be fairly profitable for someone in a smaller population area.

 

[Luis G]

why can't you be the linux admin?, or is that because you have to "manage the server there" ?

 

[fury]

You can remotely administer it, but you have to know Linux in the first place. I don't.

 

[Luis G]

You can remotely administer it, but you have to know Linux in the first place. I don't.

ohh, but that's something that can be easily solved

 

[tommyj27]

there's enough of us that know a little bit about linux, i spent the afternoon bringing up dhcp and dns on my gateway. i don't know that i'd trust myself building a secure server that offers services. my network is secure but it drops all incoming packets except for ssh

 

[fury]

Indeed, and Luis brought me up to speed on runlevels and what to do to optimize server performance (Thanks Luis )

So now all we need to figure out is how to get the $180 setup fee and $130/mo, eh?

 

[tommyj27]

pimpin'

 

[catocom]

Y'know, has anyone thought to start their own ISP and host the place themselves? It should be fairly profitable for someone in a smaller population area.

The problem there is the bandwidth.
You'd need at least a T1, and that's about $1500/mo
around here.

 

[tommyj27]

but 1.5mbit sdsl is a couple hundred at most, still too much

 

[fury]

Not much more than dedicated...with which we could probably share a much bigger line.

 

[Professur]

Y'know, has anyone thought to start their own ISP and host the place themselves? It should be fairly profitable for someone in a smaller population area.

The problem there is the bandwidth.
You'd need at least a T1, and that's about $1500/mo
around here.

Ja. But since you're an ISP, it stands to reason that you'd be selling some of that bandwidth and making enough to pay for it. No?

 

[samcurry]

I now have everything in place as far as hardware goes. If we could get the host to colocate for us that would be awsome.

 

[fury]

I now have everything in place as far as hardware goes.

What about software? Apache, PHP, MySQL, sshd, proftpd, all that good stuff? Does it have FreeBSD on it?

Wonder how much a WHM/Cpanel license would cost... we're likely gonna need that or something similar.

 

[Squiggy]

Like a kid in a toystore. .....

 

[samcurry]

all software is readily available. cpanel is the killer:

One year licenses are currently priced at $599.
Two year licenses are currently priced at $989
Three year licenses are currently priced at $1275.00.
One time licenses are currently priced at $1400.00

 

[fury]

...*has a heart attack and dies*

 

[samcurry]

 

[Q]

*spritzes flurf with pepsi* wake up lil rosebud