Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:21:09 -0400 From: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> To: Jonathan Hilgeman <JHilgeman@ecx.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Starting a Web Hosting Company Message-ID: <3B8492C5.50136B6D@magpage.com> References: <5D90F61EB6FDD411836500508B137F1AA3EE2A@mailsvr.ecx.com>
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Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > > Hi, > I've been considering starting my own, small, web hosting business using > FreeBSD. So far I have a short list of essential items: > Name Server (primary and secondary) > Mail Server > Machine to Host Files (File Server) > > Now, I know I can host some of these items on the same machine, like mail > and file server. However, I am not clear on whether or not I should host the > name servers on the same machine as well. I'm intending to start out small > and cheap until I begin receiving some revenue, at which point I can upgrade > and invest more into the servers. Now, does anyone have good tips on this > topic? Am I missing anything on my list? > if you wanna start real small one machine will be enough. just collocate it at an isp and usually they'll handle dn., mail, etc... a good portion of the servers collocated with the isp I work for are for smaller web hosting providers. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 Systems Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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