So I tried running my server with Windows 2003 Server (Web), it wasn't cheap either. There were many issues that I would be expected to deal with, reliability sent me to Fedora Core 4. I'm not a cash cow as of yet, but I am well funded. I plan to start the business out with VPS, but I'm just the owner. I am good with networks, computers, and systems, but I hope for some suggestions..

It would be foolish for me to purchase a Linux VPS with all the bells and whisles if it took me a month to understand the system. That's just a waist of money. So I recently installed Fedora Core 4 on my Dell Inspiron E1505, giving me the ability to get some real experience using the system.

I need the abilty to host web, mail, FTP, and anything else a professional host would do. I purchased Plesk this week, but I'm still researching billing software. Anything that is of importance for a hosting company to run on there servers I need to know. I continue to find my own answers, but experience is untimately what will sway to my favorites.

Thanks in advance for your comments.
Trenton J. Phippen

Any suggestions?

www.modernbill.com for the billing is about the best "affordable" option for a startup company using plesk.

Also check out www.kayako.com for a support system.

I'm trying out ModernBill right now, thanks for your suggestions...