I'm working in a project for my economics class. and I need to know, what I need to start a web hosting company. the investment needed to start and mantain the business, projected profit :/, legal requirements to start that kind of business and job descriptions and employee skills needed.
So far I just have 3 things on my list to start the business: servers, routers, and switches. I used 20 servers as a number of servers i want to use to start the company. Could anyone help me with this? :/

Thats gonna be a big project!

I would just start with a leased server, or COLO. Setting up your own data centre is not gonna be cheap!

tens of thousands!

Chris

no way, is just like writing everything i need, i dont have to buy anything. :)

ah thats not to bad then:)

We you need to start with a new new car ... you have to look good:)

Urm ... A swimming pool is a must ... servers can get hot!

Chris

:( pleaase dont joke like that :P, i need this done by tomorrow :/

sorry its 12:30am

I must say that you should of let left it this late but here goes:

Lease Line (B/W - IP address)
Rooters
Swich(s)
Servers
OS Software
Firewal Software
Cooling devices
Security
Cabling - Fibre optic STP wire (Shielded Twisted Pair for tooter etc.)

Staff
Technition
Admin
Sales
Secutary (Must be sexy;) - Employee motivation

Hope this helps you

Chris

PS - Try not tp leave it so late!

hey, thanks a lot :)
do you know any site where i could get the prices of all the things i need? its 8:40 here so i have plenty of time :)
and how many technitians and sale people i need if i plan to buy 20 servers? dont i need customer service people?

btw i already have the prices of the servers, routers and switches, and i may be using freebsd as OS

Originally posted by puggy106
Secutary (Must be sexy;) - Employee motivation

Don't forget to include lawyer fees, because it sounds like the secretary is going to be suing for sexual harassment! :D

lol,

Keith

:/ could anyone tell me where i could get the prices of:

Cooling devices
Security
Cabling - Fibre optic STP wire (Shielded Twisted Pair for tooter etc.)
Lease Line (B/W - IP address)

and how many i need of all those if i plan to buy 20 servers?
also how many technitians and sales i need?

I would also include the cost of a building..

Also, maybe say something like 6 to 8 full time people. A combination of tech people and sales people. Guess at a yearly salary, and multiply it out..

as for the Leased Line, With 20 servers you would need a good amount of bandwidth, and you would need a redundant connect. Maybe say something like 4 T-3 lines, coming from multiple providers. A T-3 line can run upwards of 30k a month, from what I hear.?

These should give you some rough numbers to play with

Good Luck with the project

Well, if you have the needed skills you can start with $99/month with a Rackshack server.
What all this people writed its to create your own NOC, which its not needed just to start.

None of this its needed if you're just starting and you have the skills to manage a server.

Staff
Admin
Sales
Secutary