soulwatcher
Fri 18 May 2007, 01:56 am GMT +0300
I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience with a VPS? What are the pro's and cons of a VPS? And most important what kind of VPS would I need to run a proxy website?
Nikolas
Fri 18 May 2007, 02:04 am GMT +0300
I am not sure about the pros :)
The bad things regarding VPS are :
1) You have limited resources
2) If your site uses more CPU than the hosting company allows they may take your server down
3) In general VPS are slower than real servers
The bad things regarding VPS are :
1) You have limited resources
2) If your site uses more CPU than the hosting company allows they may take your server down
3) In general VPS are slower than real servers
soulwatcher
Fri 18 May 2007, 02:08 am GMT +0300
Do you know of any place that rents dedicated servers for $50 per month with out a setup fee? I really dont want to go over budget. If I can see some sort of return then it would be worth it but I really would like to keep the costs down as low as possable.
Nikolas
Fri 18 May 2007, 02:13 am GMT +0300
soulwatcher
Fri 18 May 2007, 03:30 am GMT +0300
$30 a month is nice but the $69 set up fee is hefty. I could build a server for another $150. Maybe I am better off building my own server and colocating it :-\.
olaf
Fri 18 May 2007, 10:00 am GMT +0300
Forget the VPS, most of the companies didn't allow / like proxies.
Learned you need at least $100 a month for a dedicated server if you run proxies on that machine (you can earn $100 a week with 10 proxies)
Learned you need at least $100 a month for a dedicated server if you run proxies on that machine (you can earn $100 a week with 10 proxies)
ventureskills
Sun 20 May 2007, 08:48 pm GMT +0300
Dedicated server = cost
I'm afraid its that simple as a company we co-locate 4 boxes and have 3 dedicated servers our monthly outgoings are just over the $1k mark our usage is well into the terrrabytes with nearly 200 sites of various types sitting on our network of 7 servers, and we still use normal hosting services by media temple and dreamhost for a good percentage of our low bandwidth intensive clients.
Since your starting out I suggest finding a cheap supplier but make sure they have no hidden costs for breach of contracts, and when you grow simply move.
I'm afraid its that simple as a company we co-locate 4 boxes and have 3 dedicated servers our monthly outgoings are just over the $1k mark our usage is well into the terrrabytes with nearly 200 sites of various types sitting on our network of 7 servers, and we still use normal hosting services by media temple and dreamhost for a good percentage of our low bandwidth intensive clients.
Since your starting out I suggest finding a cheap supplier but make sure they have no hidden costs for breach of contracts, and when you grow simply move.
soulwatcher
Mon 21 May 2007, 12:18 am GMT +0300
WoW thats alot of websites and server's 8). I would be the happyest guy on earth if I had 7 server's making money like that.
ventureskills
Mon 21 May 2007, 12:43 am GMT +0300
$1k = outgoings not income, though we are a profitable business, though not millionaires
soulwatcher
Mon 21 May 2007, 01:06 am GMT +0300
:o WoW 1k per month for server bills. Thats like $142 per server avg. I bet your income is at least 10x+ your server bills.
ventureskills
Mon 21 May 2007, 01:28 am GMT +0300
that's primarily clients so most of that is break even but I have to pay 6 wage bills each month and we each can afford to live well enough :) though remember we have a diverse range of sites including nichr sies,small proxy network, clients,directories and 2 ecommerce sites.
soulwatcher
Mon 21 May 2007, 02:00 am GMT +0300
Sounds like you have a very nice set up over there. I do plan to make many different websites myself. My goal is to make enough money for my wife and I to never have to work again. Who knows if it will work out but its allways nice to set a goal. :)
olaf
Mon 21 May 2007, 09:02 am GMT +0300
Sounds like you have a very nice set up over there. I do plan to make many different websites myself. My goal is to make enough money for my wife and I to never have to work again. Who knows if it will work out but its allways nice to set a goal. :)
I thought what we are working too :D