Hey guys

How much it will cost if I want to have my own server?
There's a site which I'm working on with a team, it is on a dedicate server.
We thought about ourselves own the server.

I don't want to make my pc a server. because of my ISP limitation on band-width or so.
I don't know even where should we start, Or what things do we need.

Please help

Depends on where you get it and how much you need. You say "own the server". Do you mean you want to own the hardware?

Dedicated = you lease a server at a datacenter. It could be managed (usually more expensive) or unmanaged. If it's unmanaged you are on your own. You may have to install all needed software yourself.

Colocated = you have your own hardware and somehow transport it to the datacenter and they hook it up for you.

VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server) = you share the server with others but it's set up so each user's account acts as a server. You have your own Apache and so on.

We're in need of lot of disk space.
Disk space must be no issue. I think If we "Collocated" it, then we can attack as many hard drives as we want, right?

Not saying a company which provides web services to people. but something that provide the service for its own site. like yahoo? but not that big.

What about the prices?

How much is a lot?


I think you can do that with a leased server too. It's just a matter of money.




Depends on what you need and where you get it. Your Google is as good as mine.

Yeah, my definition of "a lot" has changed significantly since I started working for my current employer...

Since this is in the Off Topic forum I'd like to ask something. How much space is Google using these days? Is there a site I can visit to see the details of the hardware and of the company in general for that matter?

"A lot" :
enough disk space so we could give people email service.


hmm how about we provide such thing for ourselves?

Still doesn't give much of a clue.


They'll till cost you, maybe even more because you don't buy in bulk. Still have to pay for the transfer.

How much Gmail gives you space for your emails ? 1 GB ? more?
If I want to give my members email service, how to provide this much space?

8 GB last I looked. So how many users do you plan for? You realize the kind of diskspace Google offers isn't for email, don't you? It's for file storage.

I'm planning to have as much users as possible in my country and an specific language.

I already have like 20,000 users.

What's the best deal that would work for my case?

OK, so maybe you do need a server.

I've never had a server of my own, just played around a little on a couple. If it were me, I would absolutely go with a dedicated server. I don't see much advantage in actually owning the hardware unless you build your custom boxes yourself or something. Of course, if you can hook your machine(s) up at a data center near you and are allowed to go there in person if need it may be different. But it's also one more thing that can go wrong.

I haven't visited webhostingtalk in years, but it used to be a place where you could get advice about these kind of things (and offers too). Not entirely sure that is true anymore. Last I was there it seemed to be a little too much "promotion" for my taste going on. But give it a go.

http://webhostingtalk.com

If you find a host you like that offers both shared hosting and servers, I think you should discuss your plans with them. They can probably tell you if you will be OK on a shared hosting account or a VDC or if you need a whole server.

Thanks for the link , I'll give it a shot.