"My price starts from $2,000 for a *professionally* setup system. Then there is ongoing maintenance - this is around $200 per month for a basic server."
In terms of value for your money web hosting in New Zealand is a bit expensive compared to US hosting. We use HostGator to host all our websites. For $200 US we get a managed dedicated server with 4GB of RAM, dual-core CPU, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space, 24/7 support, etc. The only advantages hosting in New Zealand is that your website might load a bit faster and will not be relying on one cable linking us to the rest of the world. 2009/11/2 Michael <[email protected]> > > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:07:43 Cliff Black wrote: > > > Moving to a VPS may be the other option. > > If the client requires the ability to upload larger files via HTTP, and > it > > cant be done with their current hosting arrangement, then they've > possibly > > outgrown their current hosting environment. > > And we cover this ground yet again... :-) > > Any serious designer intending to develop serious sites, the *only* way > they > will get into the higher echelons is with their own server. > > They need to own and control all aspects of their hosting environment from > server hardware - operating system - back end applications (http, database) > - > front end applications (php....) > > The reason is because all these layers are inter dependant on their lower > layers for full functionality and performance. > > Additionally it is no secret that major SE's like Google check for and > favor > sites that are hosted on dedicated platforms. > > Having said that running one's own servers is a specialised field and > without > the necessary expertise a web developer is at risk of becoming unstuck. > Further it's an ongoing commitment - the security requirement never sleeps! > > The days of backyard number-8 style operations are fast coming to an end > and > this is in no small part being driven by international organisations - the > sort that tell banks what to do - and increasingly sophisticated client > requirements. > > This is especially true for e-commerce and this is an area that all web > developers should be aware of the movement happening. The days of taking > credit cards online through a web form and emailing the details to yourself > for manual entry are long gone. It's not allowed and any company caught > doing > this is at risk of loosing their ability to accept card not present > transactions or even their whole merchant facility! Yet many cowboy > examples > of this and other such abberations are still common in the .nz netspace. > The technical requirements to continue to operate accepting C/C online run > over 40 pages of technically detailed bullet points. > > In terms of using VPS - the only difference between VPS and a dedicated > server > is who owns the hardware - the responsibilities are otherwise the same. > > Every so often I get enquiries from web developers wanting to operate their > own servers. My price starts from $2,000 for a *professionally* setup > system. > Then there is ongoing maintenance - this is around $200 per month for a > basic > server. > > It isn't a 'cheap' option for many, and in many cases developers are better > off staying with reseller hosting (and it's limitations) until they reach a > certain size to support this. > > This is the bottom line of what it costs and what the ongoing > responsibilities > are. If there is a cheaper option it's because it's less featured and/or it > involves cutting corners. I strongly advise not to cut corners as I have > seen > the end result of this enough times and cleaning up after a compromised > (ie: > hacked) or crashed system is top of scale charge out work, due to it's > least 'enjoyable' category. > > All the best, > > Michael > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
