Business Server Hosting

setting up a server hosting bsiness?
about how much would it cost to set up a server hosting business from home. but more as a side job. not a huge server, would it be worth it?

I do this personally, its really not that expensive depending on where you get your server/reseller hosting from. The hard part is getting clients and getting your name/company's name out there. Also, are you going full dedicated? If so you either want to find a company that offers managed servers, that is, if you don't have experience administering/securing a server.

does yahoo small business hosting support asp.net and ms-sql server 2005?


No, they offer *nix-only Web hosting. For what you're after, I use a company called WebHost4Life and am very happy with them: http://www.webhost4life.com

I have a small business server at work and i would like to host my website on it. Any Help?
I am hosting it using a commercial company that sold me my domain, but since i am paying for my server at work, i would like to use it to host my website. Is it possible? and if so how? what do i need exactly?

It does depend on how much in your budget you have. I have done the same thing for next to nothing. This does me the flexibilty for running larger unsupported databases and hold onto my web site fully. However my work is IT related. However you open to certain other problems. Things like is your ISP Static or Dynamic IP address as static makes it easier to maintain. Also things like DMZed server. If you want any help just contact me.

what is the best server for web hosting businesses to use?
This ? means that I want to start a web hosting business,not buy space on one.

You can become a hosting reseller at http://www.doggydomains.com for $99 and you get your own website and can set your own prices.

I want to start an internet business, but I am worried about my host/server company hi-jacking my site?
And just stealing my customers, their data, and taking everything that I worked hard for and just stealing it. Don't you web entrepreneurs worry about that?

Host your website on a big company. I use hostmonster. HostMonster:http://www.hostmonster.com/track/hostingindex/text1

Business Network Server?
Our business has several locations and we need some type of server/network to connect all the locations. What are the differences between a physical server located in our main office and a virtual server hosted by a some other companies? What are the pro and con for each of the 2 types of server/network? How about security? Will a physical server be more secure than a virtual one? Or vise verse? And the cost? Which is cheaper overall? Thank you very much for your information.

I will address the points one at a time. 1) The main difference between your own server in your main office and a hosting company is who maintains it. Do you have someone at your office who knows how to set up and maintain your network? If not expect to pay between $75-90K/yr for a good network admin, more if you choose to go with a Unix/Linux box. Also don't forget the cost of the hardware. A high end server will easily cost $4-5000. This doesn't include the cost of running your network drops/routers/switches/etc if the infrastructure is not already in place. Even if you go with external hosting you will need to have a plan in place to do things like replace network cards and resolve other local hardware issues. If the hosting company maintains it you have to look at several things. a) how reliable are they? If your server is only up 80% of the time you will have problems. b) What type of support do they provide? Can you call them at 3am and if so do they have someone around who has a clue how to help you? c) You also need to look at whether you will have your own box at their location or if your data will be sharing a machine with several other companies. a dedicated machine will generally be faster and more secure but will cost you more. 2) Security A machine at your main office would probably be more secure IF you have someone who knows what they are doing (see the $90K paycheck above) and knows how to lockdown your network, configure firewalls, etc. If you are just going to have Bob the computer geek from accounting set things up you will end up with problems. The main security concerns with a hosting company usually involve just how much of you proprietary data you are willing to trust them with although you do want to make sure they have a good track record of locking down their servers. Cost: If you already have an IT department in place, its usually cheaper to run your own server. If you dont then you will have to do a cost/benefit analysis to see what it will take to get you where you want to be and then compare that with the costs/risks associated with external hosting. You could easily spend 10's of thousands of dollars in setup costs alone. I strongly suggest hiring someone to come in and take a look at your current setup and requirements as doing it wrong initially can cause some extremely expensive problems once you get further down the line.

What is a good web host or server that can help me with selling items for my business?
And to have a nice web page that I created. I prefer something that can let me use my flash site.

If you like to create websites (usually you will end up more than 1 website, I got more than 100 websites in about 6 months' time), go for multiple web hosting services where you could host all your websites in one account. I would like to suggest following webhosting which I use, they are excellent. Hostmonster http://www.hostmonster.com/track/ryukenden/ They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 300000 MB (300 GB ). They only charge $5.95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (e-commerce),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well. Visit the site to check details. Hostmonster http://www.hostmonster.com/track/ryukenden/ More the list of BEST WEB HOSTING sites visit http://webaite.com/ FREE AD-FREE HOSTING. If you would like free ad-free hosting, try http://www.webzonetalk.com/hosting.html

website server business????
i am wanting to start a web design and web hosting business, for now it will be run from home? what should i know b4 i start? i have red up on how to set up a home web site server and that. any pointers or ideas welcome thank you

The best way for you to do this is LEASE a dedicated server at a data center! You can still host, you can still design, but you will be able to have high capacity redundant lines and backup power without having to buy all that for your home! Dedicated servers in a data center, or even a co-located server at a data center, will allow you to fully control the server while still hosting without you having the thousands of up front expense to do this at home! There are several good data centers around and the costs of putting a server into one of those starts at a very affordable price in comparison to the costs of doing this at home. Once your business begins to grow you can add redundant lines and redundant power to your "office" and start to host in house! Just do some research and I think you will find this is the correct and least expensive method to start your business.

What host or server do you recoment to start new business homepge?


www.shaklee.com

what is a hosting site and web server ?
I am wanting to get a web site built for my business and the person I spoke to said I will need a hosting site and web server? what does that mean? what do those services do? sorry I dont know much about any of this

?????, I found a large online list of personal web hosting services. http://www.findwebsitehost.com Locating a nearby webhosting service can have it's advantages because you can visit thier facility if you need help.