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It would be a complete waste of time, money and resources. Whose going to look after it when you are sick or on holiday? Why not just get a managed vps, all the management and infrastructure and support with zero headache. Something like
https://tsohost.com/managed-servers...
You can port sites over time. It wont cost them a fortune. I presume they just want it for their own clients. -
@helloworld My thoughts exactly :)
It would only be for their clients, yes. -
The only reason you should host things in-house is if you're dealing with seriously sensitive stuff.
We have one server in our office which stores financial information and important intellectual property, and offers access through a secure and repeatedly audited API.
But self-hosting can not economically compete with DigitalOcean or AWS. Do what you're good at, outsource the rest. -
@helloworld @bittersweet @ClemFrieckie @Shai @vrpg1998
Thanks to all of you for the useful feedback :)
Stackoverflow.
For those of you who are having interviews ... remember this
So, a few days ago I went on an interview for a position as a web developer, and during the interview they tell me they are thinking about getting into hosting, and that if they decide to do so I would be the one responsible for managing all of it.
I have no idea how to set up web servers, let alone make sure they can handle heavy loads and so on, so I'd be taking on a huge responsibility and workload, along with the task of making websites.
The company consists of 5 designers, and at the moment, no developers, and they have about 30-40 customers, all with sites that would need to be moved to the new hosting platform.
My question to you all is this:
How much does quality hosting equipment cost, and is it really worth it for such a small company to get into hosting, or should they rather look to make a deal with an existing host for some kind of monthly kickback/rebate?
I'm thinking they should find an existing host and enter some kind of partnership, as that would be easier and safer than doing all the hosting inhouse.
What do you guys and girls think?
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hosting
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i'm just a simple web developer
i have no clue how to host a website
you want me to do what now?!