Threaded Mode | Linear Mode

**Apaullo** · 02-04-2012, 10:00 AM

Hmm..I never really thought of it as demanding as it is for hardware specs, of course when traffic is heavy so is the need of your hardware specs. But I am also surprised that a common PC desktop can also be a web server if you really wanted it. Btw, what is the ideal internet speed if you want to start web hosting? let us say we have the given hardware specs, now lets talk about the net speed, how fast do I need to have to atleast cater a semi heavy website with semi load of traffic?

**Maximus** · (This post was last modified: 02-04-2012 10:53 AM by Maximus.)

The entire idea of providing a web-host service is to provide such unique products and features , which the regular user is unable to maintain by himself . The idea of starting a web-hosting business with your own hardware and infrastructure is really ambitious project and it will require enormous investments . Lets say , that you buy a midrange server for 2000$ . This server could serve your web-hosting business needs for 1-2 years and at some point you will have to upgrade or replace it . You will have to maintain and replace everything on hardware/software level by yourself . The next step is the purchasing of ISP services and if you are going to run a web-hosting business with your home server , then you will need at least 100Mb/s guaranteed full-duplex port and of-course with unmetered Bandwidth . I can`t say how much the ISP services will cost , because it is really subjective for every country , but your monthly bill will be in really noticeable digits . You must think , about the targeted group of clients too . If you are going to provide services to users from Canada , USA etc. and you live in Europe - ``Houston we have a problem`` Confused

. Your users will experience really poor service , in spite of all investments in ISP services and so on . The reason is , that you are providing an offshore hosting (according to the example) and your clients are On-shore based . This problem could be overruled by renting Offshore - Onshore Up/Downstream trace roots , but your monthly bill will be so big that you can start building a data-center with those money . The next potential problem is the Uptime of your service . It is logical , that you will be trying to maintain your services 100% active , but this is related to even more expenses . You will have to buy additional hardware to maintain your services running in extraordinary situations , such as power shocks/stops/HDD malfunctions/other hardware and software problems . I`m sorry if your question was related to only hosting your own website on your own computer , in this situation it is completely manageable task . Of course if you are going to host your own web-site all of the above requirements applies , but with much less resources needed , except for the software which will be almost the same . Well, that is my opinion on starting a web-hosting business with your own servers in home environment and maybe it will be interesting to discuss a subject , like ``Starting a web-hosting company with collocation and own servers ``. Please share your point of view and do not hesitate to ask .

**Apaullo** · 02-04-2012, 09:36 PM

Errr...you are seriously scaring me of the expenses right there mate Tongue

, appreciate your long post on the matter. WOW..you really just can't build your own web hosting business by yourself then, not unless you have a 100 million in the bank, hosting your sole website in your own desktop PC can be possible, but if you really wanted to make it as a business is on the whole different level. 100MB is just...out of my reach, I don't even know if our current small ISP's here have that kind of package.

aayushjindal · 02-04-2012, 11:20 PM

Thanks Maximus for explaining few things to Apaullo Smile

mariesheila · 02-05-2012, 08:22 PM

This is another informative thread here on the topic VPS! So virtual private servers is also another option that we can utilize for web hosting. I'm just a llittle confused though will this, if this will only apply to shared or dedicated web hosting or if this will apply to both. And is this possible that the VPS is located in Asia providing services in the Middle East? I've read that Max mentioned about ISP services, if the locations are million miles away we might be facing a huge problem also. So will this mean that if services are coming from off shore this may not work.

**Apaullo** · 02-06-2012, 09:20 AM

Regarding your question Shiela about the VPS being applied to shared or dedicated web hosting, it is possible to both I believe, since VPS nodes can also act like a dedicated server and a shared server, they will have the same hardware specs but i think they will have difference to bandwidth only.

The second if it is possible to have an ISP in Asia providing services to the Middle East, it is also possible to provide services to off shore locations just that you MUST invest with extra hardware equipments just like Max had said. Assisting off shore clients is possible through onshore 'partners' that the company already partnered with when certain troubleshooting over the phone is not possible, the onshore partners will be the one assisting the clients. The only downside of this is you have to invest lost of money just getting your services across to the onshore clients.

mariesheila · 02-06-2012, 07:33 PM

Whew so that will really cost a great deal of money to get services across onshore clients. Thanks for the information Apaullo. You might just look for client within location that will not require you much equipment investment.

**Apaullo** · 02-06-2012, 10:52 PM

But sometimes we have to go look for services abroad in order to get what we really need, for example, in our country we cannot supply the demand for bigger bandwidth of internet just by relying in our local ISP's anymore. We have to acquire the services of other countries for our bandwidth to be sufficient.

mariesheila · 02-07-2012, 06:58 PM

So we need an offshore VPS service is that what you mean Apaullo? It is really possible that we are obtaining VPS service from abroad to our country. With our technology here I think it is impossible for us to launch a VPS and offer services to other countries, right?

**Apaullo** · 02-07-2012, 09:46 PM

Well, I am sure Smart, Globe and Sun are acquiring the services of an offshore VPS company to supply them with their needed bandwidth, and we definitely do not have a company here that can construct underwater cabling system for the net bandwidth, that is why we need an offshore company.