[thelist] Need some tips on setting up a dotcom [hardware related]...

Ed Shuck edshuck at noevalley.com
Fri Dec 7 13:09:50 CST 2001


i use he.net and  love it.  check it out http://www.he.net  the pricing is
very traffic related as you will note.  but they and i have had a very good
relationship for about - well just under 2 years.

peace
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Galvin <mpgalvin at eircom.net>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:00 AM
Subject: [thelist] Need some tips on setting up a dotcom [hardware
related]...


> [Welcome back to me - I've been out of the web design 'business' for many
> months, and consequently haven't needed the enviable talents of thelist's
> subscribers.  I'm not fully back in, but things are looking up]
>
> Now that I've been gloriously made unemployed, I've been kicking around an
> idea I had for a dotcom last year.  Yeah, the timing sucks, but I think
that
> the idea is a goer, and if I get any sort of backing at all, I reckon it
> could take off big time.
>
> To that end, I need to get some ideas on the hardware and costs involved.
> Ideally, I would start with just taking up space on an ISP's server (get
my
> own domain, and get them to host it).  If things go well, then pretty
soon,
> I could see getting my own webserver.  Would it be more cost efficient to
> get co-location in an ISP (what do you end up paying for?  Just the
> co-location charges and admin rates - do they still charge for traffic?)
or
> set it up "at home" with a T1 (or similiar) connection to the ISP (or
would
> it be directly to the telephone company?).  What would be the advantages
of
> each method?  Would I be better off (assuming sufficient cash reserves) to
> go directly to the second phase, and not bother with getting a hosting
plan
> with some ISP?
>
> In the office, I'll need to get a webserver of my own (we'll be using php
> over SQL, I'd say, so I'll need it for testing).  Would a re-tooled 486
with
> Apache and Linux installed suffice as an 'at home' webserver?  If I am
using
> php (comes w/Linux, right?) would mySQL be better (and cheaper) than SQL
> Server.
>
> What I basically need to come up with is a shopping list of hardware and
> software required to start a dotcom.  If there's anyone out there who's
been
> through all this before and knows the pitfalls the avoid (not of starting
a
> dotcom, but of getting the necessary hardware) and has any good tips, I'd
> sure appreciate them.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
>
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