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spike1207 · 5th September 2007, 06:18 AM

Hi,

Have had a read on the forums already, some good stuff here by the sounds of it... I have a few questions, i'm thinking I may need a custom solution.

Basically, I manage a bands website... i'm based in the U.K., but the site, the traffic, and the finances (i.e. CC/PayPal) are based in the U.S. Do i need to sign up for a U.K. account or can I sign up a U.S. account ?

At the moment my set-up is as follows, shared hosting on a Redhat/Ensim/Celeron (crap) box, 40GB/mo. + a another with 50GB/mo for shoutcast services.

The site can be very high bandwidth @ times, and REALLY processor intensive due to some extensive PHP/MySQL scripting, this is causing system resource / speed issues... if i went for reseller Enterprise/Enterprise+ do I get a decent share of system resources, or are the servers pretty jam-packed ?

The site has 5, tho might add more, domains that point to it... i can manage this from my Enom acct but i might just transfer the domains in. Does dedicated include self-managed DNS, or are multiple resolutions handled @ registrar level ?

Does the dedicated box have a 'reseller' cPanel ? I may use the box to host a couple of other small domains.

Shoutcast. Can it be hosted on Reseller/Dedicated ? If so, can it be hosted on the SAME Reseller/Dedicated... for some reason my current host is unable to have the website and shoutcast on the same box, so we've pointed a sudomain to the 2nd server.

Re: Support. Had a dedicated server a while back, albeit un-managed. It had Plesk+MailEnable on it. ME went ar$e over tit and mail services simply stopped working. I couldn't sort it, a reinstall of ME wouldn't sort it, and the host basically washed their hands of it. Do you guys fully support 'pre-installed' applications, obviously custom scripts/software on a dedicated is my responsibility ?

Lastly, I only NEED about 2GB Disk, 100-150GB Data, ~10 domains, and ~20 mailboxes - what sort of custom option would be avilable to me, either UK or U.S. based, preferably U.S ?

Cheers,
Chris.

5th September 2007, 06:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
spike1207 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9	Dedicated vs Reseller - Q's ? Hi, Have had a read on the forums already, some good stuff here by the sounds of it... I have a few questions, i'm thinking I may need a custom solution. Basically, I manage a bands website... i'm based in the U.K., but the site, the traffic, and the finances (i.e. CC/PayPal) are based in the U.S. Do i need to sign up for a U.K. account or can I sign up a U.S. account ? At the moment my set-up is as follows, shared hosting on a Redhat/Ensim/Celeron (crap) box, 40GB/mo. + a another with 50GB/mo for shoutcast services. The site can be very high bandwidth @ times, and REALLY processor intensive due to some extensive PHP/MySQL scripting, this is causing system resource / speed issues... if i went for reseller Enterprise/Enterprise+ do I get a decent share of system resources, or are the servers pretty jam-packed ? The site has 5, tho might add more, domains that point to it... i can manage this from my Enom acct but i might just transfer the domains in. Does dedicated include self-managed DNS, or are multiple resolutions handled @ registrar level ? Does the dedicated box have a 'reseller' cPanel ? I may use the box to host a couple of other small domains. Shoutcast. Can it be hosted on Reseller/Dedicated ? If so, can it be hosted on the SAME Reseller/Dedicated... for some reason my current host is unable to have the website and shoutcast on the same box, so we've pointed a sudomain to the 2nd server. Re: Support. Had a dedicated server a while back, albeit un-managed. It had Plesk+MailEnable on it. ME went ar$e over tit and mail services simply stopped working. I couldn't sort it, a reinstall of ME wouldn't sort it, and the host basically washed their hands of it. Do you guys fully support 'pre-installed' applications, obviously custom scripts/software on a dedicated is my responsibility ? Lastly, I only NEED about 2GB Disk, 100-150GB Data, ~10 domains, and ~20 mailboxes - what sort of custom option would be avilable to me, either UK or U.S. based, preferably U.S ? Cheers, Chris.