VDI is about to embark on a new division:

We are going to offer a powerful solution for large resellers that rather resell and not have to maintain their own server. Minimum 250 accounts per reseller.

Please supply a list of services you want us to offer for your end users; example ASP / Coldfusion / JSP

We are offering hosting for NT, Linux and FreeBSD for resellers.

Please let me know what foundation you are looking for so we can release this project this week

We have 20 Servers ready to go!!

I will have info on the VDI page very shortly.

JSP would be awesome!

Nobody seems to offer it.

would this being managed servers (dedicated servers)?

how is this different from what you have now?

We would be doing all the managing.

you would just do the sales.

Originally posted by William
VDI is about to embark on a new division:

We are going to offer a powerful solution for large resellers that rather resell and not have to maintain their own server. Minimum 250 accounts per reseller.



William,

With a 250 minimum accounts per reseller, is this targeted towards existing hosting companies with current customers? Perhaps you may want to offer a solution for those who are just starting out and dont have the resources to run their own in house admins/techs. Just a suggestion..

Regards,
Brian P.

I second what marcum said: JSP/Servlet would be great.

With EJB and a transaction safe database engine, why not the new Firebird (InterBase 6 OSS), which is announced to be released soon...

I am not an expert but think it would be wise to make Java-only servers and make use of the powerful features that this environment provides, like load balancing and stuff :)

Actually I don't know if and how easy this is to set up for virtual hosting.

And unfortunately I don't need 250 accounts LOL

Actually I have a nice domain for a jHosting venture and since I don't have the experience to run a server myself, I would considder reselling.

But what I've seen so far, JSP hosting is horribly expensive everywhere :(

(except EliteHosts.com, who offerd it for a short moment for low cost, but not anymore - guess they couldn't manage it properly).

Actually I think 250 is pretty high, because if you are reselling for 250, if you are not making at least 4 dollars a month, off of them then you are messing your self up. Because that would be 1000 a month if you did it that way, and servers only cost 400 to setup at the least.

So I would support you because I do not have any where near that many, I would do it if you have 50 or less.

Originally posted by DigitalXWeb
Originally posted by William
VDI is about to embark on a new division:

We are going to offer a powerful solution for large resellers that rather resell and not have to maintain their own server. Minimum 250 accounts per reseller.



William,

With a 250 minimum accounts per reseller, is this targeted towards existing hosting companies with current customers? Perhaps you may want to offer a solution for those who are just starting out and dont have the resources to run their own in house admins/techs. Just a suggestion..

Regards,
Brian P.

I agree. I'd love to start hosting, but I don't have 250 clients.

TheComputerGuy: Were you trying to say that with 250 one should get an own server rather than reselling? To me reselling would be fine, no matter how many, 'cause I know I wouldn't be able to provide quality hosting myself. And I could concentrate working on my own sites, which I'd prefer over looking after boxes :)

But anyways, 250, not my size, I don't even have one....

[Edited by astra4 on 04-08-2001 at 01:01 PM]

Not to come across the wrong way, what I was trying to say is this program seems to be geared towards already established hosting companies. I dont have a problem with that. Where I see a potential flaw would be in the 250 minimum accounts. In my opinion if you had 250 accounts , you would already have your own dedicated box(s) and the necessary personnel to provide for these accounts otherwise you probably wouldnt have them in the first place. So why would you need a fully managed service unless you were looking to outsource or mainstream your operations.

Dont get me wrong I think what William is presenting has it's merits but I think we all agree the 250 minimum accounts is way above where it should be. I would think a fully managed server would be better suited for beginners or new hosting companies that dont have the needed resources to be successful on their own. Which is where a program like this would be very well received.

Regards,
Brian P.

and I run the Name Depot. If you lowered that number, I'd be interested in learning more.

I`m looking for resellers that can support thier user base. I do not want to compete with my own clients here at VDI.

The reason most of the clients here at VDI are so succesful is that they support thier clients clients at times.

I would like to gear to persons that can maintain their user base, and not cater to startups.

It``s not saying we don`t support, I would like to advoid questions like, where do i get the clients, does your server have email built in.

So I assumed 250 is a number that shows that they can support thier own user base.

I`m willing to work with anyone of course, just need to show that you can support end user support.

I think you'll inevitably compete with your dedicated hosting clients, since they are usually out for the same: resellers providing basic support.

Except if you'd do this for a special setup, like JSP/Servlet, which you'd not provide/support on boxes of dedicated customers.

Hmm yeah, that's the drawback of reselling, it's still more than just collect money :)

Anyways I have to prepare exams the next few months, no time for other experiments LOL

Maybe later, who knows.. Good luck for the DC upgrade.

[Edited by astra4 on 04-09-2001 at 05:22 AM]