On Apr 1, 2005 6:28 AM, Connie DeCinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At what point does it become feasible to go dedicated, considering you have > to purchase your own software, etc.? Hosting 5 sites? 10? 25?
Boy is that ever a can o' worms! There is no straight, always-right answer. You would have to look at what you are charging people for hosting, how much of that you are turning over to CT and THEN work in these factors: 1. "How nice would it be if I could do anything I want on MY server? (CFX's etc.)" 2. "How stable would my server become if only my own programming is on it?" 3. "How many sites can I stuff onto this thing?" 4. "Do I know how to run a server?" I am responsible for two clients' servers there so I know how CT sets them up. Its a nice setup, actually. For starters you get your own mail and stats servers (Smartertools' SmarterMail and SmarterStats). I'm not fond of SmarterStats, but its free. And I bought SmarterMail for my own servers as a replacement for IMail when that product went belly up. They also give you Serv-U. Its not the secure version though, but its still Serv-U. Plus your operating system is included. Windows comes with it too. That only leaves CF to buy, which ain't cheap. I suppose you could do BlueDragon's free or $899 versions too. Or you can probably rent CF, and if so it will take you well over a year to equal your rental payments. Maybe a good option, especially if you are just starting out and will be adding (paying) clients over time. Nobody can touch CT's prices on servers, I think. US$80 per month for an admittedly basic unit that would run 10 or so small CF sites just fine. Then bump that up with an upgrade down the road (and keep the $80 server for a dedicated mail server). Those dual-Xeon, 2gb units are dirt cheap for what you get. So cheap I almost jumped ship from my server provider when I expanded recently. -- --mattRobertson-- Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:201211 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
