6th July 2005
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Should I?...Is it really worth it?
Hi I am have some dedicated servers with some people on this forum and I am come to thinking maybe I should be a reseller off them and start my own company? I have some questions though putting all the money into it and all of the comp., is it really worth it? 
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Depends how carried away you're intending on getting. You need to get quotes on colocation and look at the cost of the equipment you'd have to buy (don't forget to account for maintenance costs) and see if the cost of colo+purchase+maintenance is less than the cost of dedicated servers..
Obviously with colo and having all your boxes in one place will make you look more 'contigious' on the whole and a bit more professional, but you'll have to consider if that really matters for whatever your marketed product is.
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Also - why is this in the Ipod chat forum?
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I wonder how many ipods you could fit in a rack...
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Not sure why its in the ipot i just seen Tips / Tricks / Chat so i posted  admins move where be
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I wonder how many ipods you could fit in a rack...
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Thanks, I'll make a note of that. 
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10th July 2005
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On a serious note, reselling isn’t really worth it, much better to buy your own hardware
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Originally Posted by gservs
On a serious note, reselling isn’t really worth it, much better to buy your own hardware |
you'd be surprised - i know a couple of people making a decent amount of money from reselling dedis atleast with the lower end ones, anyway
much less hastle too
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I'm confused by the orginal post. Is he saying that he wants to downgrade from a dedicated to a reseller account or is he saying that he wants to start reselling servers?
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Originally Posted by chrisbyrd
you'd be surprised - i know a couple of people making a decent amount of money from reselling dedis atleast with the lower end ones, anyway
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Yes, i can see why it would be a LOT less hassle just not sure where the money in it would be...
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I kind of wan to colocate with redbus.... where would i find some decent priced hardware? and what isp provider/bandwidth provider should i pick?
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Originally Posted by Solvaut
I kind of wan to colocate with redbus.... where would i find some decent priced hardware? and what isp provider/bandwidth provider should i pick?
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post in the requests thread, and you can get some competitive quotes
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Originally Posted by Solvaut
I kind of wan to colocate with redbus.... where would i find some decent priced hardware? and what isp provider/bandwidth provider should i pick?
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Not to state the obvious, but you ARE asking a large group of ISPs... All selling the SAME thing, just offering slightly different services, but generally it is the same service colocation wise..
In regards to Transit, well it is PURELY up to you, everyone will try and sell you transit, but you really do need to investigate this yourself.
In regards to hardware, it is very dependant on what kind of service you want to supply. Flexiserve will do you cheapish machines if you want pre-built, otherwise, Shuttle's can be built pretty cheaply, which come with everything inside, bar the CPU and RAM. (Basically case, psu, motherboard). The cooling isn't too bad, and they're generally quite reliable.
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>I kind of wan to colocate with redbus....
www.interhouse.net - £350/m+£1000 setup per rack
>where would i find some decent priced hardware?
www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx?c=uk&id=rack_optimized&l=en&s=pad
>what isp provider/bandwidth provider should i pick?
depends if you want cheap, reliable, single-homed, multi-homed, sla, no sla, stable, fast .... will you be routing it, do you have an as#, do you have your own ip space, where are your clients located etc etc etc
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