Hi guys.
I came here first because I know there are a lot of smart guys here on WJunction and it's the right place to get this kind of help.
So, we have talked about the future of our company and the need to extend our services online and we decided to start a "real" hosting business. We currently have off-site servers but we want to build a facility here and start our own business.
We have the space, we have the racks, we have the Internet Connections, we need Servers and software.
So I want your opinion in what to buy.
Starting with the hardware.
We have some clients now and the existing ones can fit well on one dedicated server, like they do now.
We are thinking to buy 4-5 servers to start with.
One to use as shared to put our existing customers and some future ones.
One to set up for Resellers, one for VPS and one to keep for semi-dedi or dedi.
I don't think we'll get dedi clients at start and we can easily buy new hardware if we need (delivery from our suppliers 24-48 hrs max).
From your experience please tell me should I go with branded servers or should I build custom machines?
I talked with my supplier today and he suggested i should go for non-rackable server with a solid Motherboard, Intel i5 or i7 processor and a bunch of DDR3-1333 RAM.
What do you think?
And regarding software I was thinking of buying
5 x Cpanel 3-years licences ($4000 with the discount applied)
5 x Softaculos ($750)
1 x WHMCS: $324.95
2 x WHMSonic $300
3 x WHMreseller $300
With CentOS
Did I make my calculations right?
Please advise.
Thanks
I came here first because I know there are a lot of smart guys here on WJunction and it's the right place to get this kind of help.
So, we have talked about the future of our company and the need to extend our services online and we decided to start a "real" hosting business. We currently have off-site servers but we want to build a facility here and start our own business.
We have the space, we have the racks, we have the Internet Connections, we need Servers and software.
So I want your opinion in what to buy.
Starting with the hardware.
We have some clients now and the existing ones can fit well on one dedicated server, like they do now.
We are thinking to buy 4-5 servers to start with.
One to use as shared to put our existing customers and some future ones.
One to set up for Resellers, one for VPS and one to keep for semi-dedi or dedi.
I don't think we'll get dedi clients at start and we can easily buy new hardware if we need (delivery from our suppliers 24-48 hrs max).
From your experience please tell me should I go with branded servers or should I build custom machines?
I talked with my supplier today and he suggested i should go for non-rackable server with a solid Motherboard, Intel i5 or i7 processor and a bunch of DDR3-1333 RAM.
What do you think?
And regarding software I was thinking of buying
5 x Cpanel 3-years licences ($4000 with the discount applied)
5 x Softaculos ($750)
1 x WHMCS: $324.95
2 x WHMSonic $300
3 x WHMreseller $300
With CentOS
Did I make my calculations right?
Please advise.
Thanks