| Posted by eyow, 08-27-2002, 02:15 AM | | Tried doing a search for dedicated servers but all I get is offers. I just wanted to know at what point did most of you resellers move to a dedicated solution? number of clients wise? Such as did you load your reseller account with 10, 20 ,30 , 100, etc... clients before moving to a ded or did you have 3 reseller accounts with numerous clients?
Just trying to plot our long term life objectives, and need some figures to help plot our growth.
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| Posted by sitekeeper, 08-27-2002, 02:58 AM | | I would say it's a balance of server load and profit. You should think about getting your own server as soon a you have enough customers to pay for it. You should always keep an eye on your server load and free space.
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| Posted by zoli, 08-27-2002, 05:38 AM | | If you don't use too much resources, you shouldn't move. It is cheaper and you don't need to administrate your own server.
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| Posted by eyow, 08-27-2002, 01:48 PM | | So resource as opposed to bandwidth should be the deciding factor? If all of my clients are only pushing 4Gigs a month but pushing the CPU to 10-30% utilization (just a sample ) then get a ded?
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| Posted by Aussie Bob, 08-27-2002, 01:56 PM | | Jump ship to your own machine when you are making at least twice what a dedicated server will cost you. So you'll need to be at least making US$750.00/mth.
Then when you get more revenue, get a smaller dedicated server [PIII etc] and place just your site + your helpdesk etc on that server. Then just keep adding servers as each server hits its revenue goal.
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| Posted by zipcode, 08-27-2002, 06:24 PM | | Some good advise here. If you are serious about being a web host you should get a dedicated server as soon as you have enough clients to pay for it comfortably.
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| Posted by phpcoder, 08-27-2002, 07:28 PM | | I agree... when you go to move to a dedicated server you should be able to loose 3-5 clients in a month, but still be able to pay the bills.
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| Posted by eyow, 08-27-2002, 07:34 PM | | OK so now it is just a matter of having the clients. Hmm doing future projections is much harder than I thought. I assume if we move to a ded move to a good ded and not one of the budget deds you see advertised here all the time?
At the rate we are going it maybe 6-8 months before we hit those figures. But it is always good to plan ahead
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| Posted by phpcoder, 08-27-2002, 08:47 PM | | When you are in the market for a server... for a hosting company you don't always want to get the 99.00 deals. However, some places can offer you great rates, specs, service, etc for the money.
I would do tons of researching and reading before making a final choice.
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| Posted by mk123, 08-28-2002, 04:27 PM | | oh my....
i only did half a ton of researching before ....
but running ok
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