Re: [Sheflug] Server question

[Alex Hudson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 20 September 2001 22:00, you wrote:
> Can anyone enlighten me as to what is involved in setting up your own
> webserver. Not the installation of Apache or whatever, but what is
> necessary to obtain for yourself a domain with a fixed IP or whatever else.
> An idea of costs involved would also be very interesting.

Okay, here's a run-down for a professional colocation (I have a number of 
servers running websites for my employer in such a situation):

Install
======
1u Server:			£3000
1u Colo'd Rack Install:		£700

Running
======
Bandwidth, UPS, Tape, 1u:	£700

All approx. So you're talking ~£4000 initial layout, about £700 going 
forwards (about 12G a year).  Doesn't include domain name, but does include 
IP addresses (you need one for every https server).

If you want something a bit less professional, you can make do with such 
things as static IP adsl or virtual serving. Personally, the ISP option is 
always the best, but some people prefer having their own machine on their own 
connection for whatever reason. ADSL's going to knock you back £300ish on 
install, £100 month ongoing (so, about £1200 year, or one-tenth the cost of 
co-lo), a virtual server (a good one) will be about that or less, and will 
probably be quicker if you go somewhere good, and won't suffer adsl problems 
(upstream adsl is slow, and that's exactly wrong for web-serving: if there's 
assymmetry, you really want it in the other direction). You may not get an IP 
on a virtual server, you may only get a name and a login account. 

Cheers,

Alex.
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