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I want to start a hosting company

I want few in-depth details about

  1. Software to install on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 for shared hosting (opensource prefered)(having initial low budget)
  2. Hyper-v on xeon 5405 x 2 with 1 TB and 8gb Ram on same machine with shared hosting? How many vps can be run on this machine.
  3. Hardening my server from attacks
  4. Marketing strategies.
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What is it that you're going to be hosting? – joeqwerty Apr 13 '11 at 20:16
Best troll all week. – squillman Apr 13 '11 at 20:23
Kermit & kitty-porn like what you see on "icanhascheezburger.com". Too bad Kermit is dying... columbia.edu/kermit – TheCompWiz Apr 13 '11 at 20:24
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I want to start a hosting company

BAD idea. This is a market overrun by big companies and low profit margins.

softwares to be install on windows server 2008 r2 sp1 for shared hosting (opensource prefered)> (having initial low budget)

Contact Mirosoft, Sign SPLA. Note: if you got a Windows with your server, hosting is not legal. Basically you run an illegal version then. SPLA is the only way to license softwareas service provider.

2) hyper v on xeon 5405 x 2 with 1 TB and 8gb Ram on same machine with shared hosting? how many vps can be run on this machine.

Depends. A few. A lot. What you consider a vps? I have vps from 1024mb (512 is way too low for a windwos vps) to 16gb (yes, ONE vps). Note virtualiaztion rights - you need to license the vps separately from the main server OR get a higher license under spla. 8gb ram is very low for a virtual server, and 1tb - assuming you talk of 1x1tb hard disc - is pretty much nonoperational. I run SMALL servers on 16gb RAM and 4 (!) discs on a good raid controller. Larger virtual servers have 64gb RAM and a larger array of discs. Disc IO is pretty much your main bottleneck, 1gb discs are SLOW.

3) hardening my server from attacks

Hire a pro. THis is where you loose. Not knowing what you do + being small + low budget does NOT make you competitive.

4) marketing strategies.

Wrong place. We also dont advice on the best recipe to make Caipirinhas. That said, simple: LOTS of money. You talk hosting. That basically means you BUY customers.

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but Caipirinhas are delicious! – ErikA Apr 13 '11 at 21:18
thanks for your advice and explanation. – vinamra Apr 15 '11 at 17:55
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