Results 1 to 11 of 11
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Posts
    194

    Question Looking for an expert for hire

    Hello,

    I am looking for someone to manage our company's servers once our sites becomes live. It should be an experienced technician who can help us configure our servers for best performance (software and hardware) and help us monitor the servers and take care of problems if and when they arise. We will have 3-4 eCommerce sites, each on its own dedicated server, and this should be real easy for an expert who deals with these kind of issues on a daily basis. Please PM me if you are interested.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    /roof/ledge
    Posts
    28,088
    Moved to employment offer/requests
    Your one stop shop for decentralization

  3. #3
    What operating system and control panel would these dedicated servers be running?

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    2,883
    Quote Originally Posted by DependableSupport
    What operating system and control panel would these dedicated servers be running?
    I'd like to know this too. If you are planning to use linux and cPanel, Id be more than happy to help
    XeHost.net - Hosting websites since 1999!
    Shared Hosting, Cloud Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting, and Dedicated Servers
    End-User Support, WHMCS, and WHMReseller Available on Reseller Plans!
    Follow us on Twitter - new special every Sunday! @XeHost

  5. #5
    Please before you hire anyone; Get referrances and contact these people. Someone can claim to know anything and 'say' they are doing something and you truly won't know if you don't know the knowledge. If I were you, I would simply find a DC that fully manages the server for you. They'll do all the work if things go wrong.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Posts
    194
    will do. What do people usually recommend around here for managed servers? You don't think it will be cheaper to buy an unmanged server and hire a company that will do the monitoring and admin for ~$30-$50 a month?

  7. #7
    It may be cheaper to do so, but who's saying any number of those people have a clue what's going on? I would seriously look for a DataCenter that fully manages the server - thus having someone that DOES know what is going on.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Posts
    194
    that make sense.. :-)
    So, again, What do people usually recommend around here for managed servers?

  9. #9
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Pakistan
    Posts
    233
    I will recommend , get server from a company that offers atleast server monitoring service so that in any case server is down DC can fix it. Just for example, silver plan from theplanet (servermatrix.com) is best.

    Along with this plan, you can get some management service from a good company range between $30-50 and its best and cheaper combination
    Cloud Hosting
    ~ Shared Cpanel Hosting, Cpanel Reseller, Business Cloud Hosting, SSD Cpanel Reseller Hosting ~

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Europe
    Posts
    17
    Quote Originally Posted by DavidIl
    You don't think it will be cheaper to buy an unmanged server and hire a company that will do the monitoring and admin for ~$30-$50 a month?
    Yes it would be cheaper.
    But you will get exactly what you have paid for - service worth ~$30-50.

    I remember seeing somewhere on WHT "if you think hiring a professional is expensive, try hiring an amateur". Got nothing to add.
    Host80

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Nothing but, net
    Posts
    2,064
    Actually $50 per month per server for simple upkeep and updates is quite a fair price.

    Once servers are operational they rarely have problems if configured properly and won't be a problem to handle. Of course this all depends on your choice of control panel (if any) and software to run on the server.

    Defining everything in the initial agreement will be very important.

    I will agree that $30 - $50 per month for all of your servers is budget at best and dangerous at worst. I would have to wonder just who I was providing my root passwords to if someone was charging that much for 4 servers.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •