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trailboss · 11-27-2002, 08:38 PM

I was made an offer to buy part of the web hosting business I do a lot of sys admin contract work for.

All the servers (3) are current FreeBSD with stable versions of PHP and MySQL and Apache.

I'd be getting about 128 hosting customers, a few adult but most just business sites.

Monthly income from hosting = $3600

Daily average bandwidth = 90K (T-1 =193k)

The owner wants $36,500 for it, spread out over 5 years.

Hardware I'd get :
Cisco Router I think it's a 2650
3Com 16 port switch 10/100
APC Big ASS Rack Mount UPS (weights 80 pounds)
3 AMD 850 MHZ clones 256MB ram 40GB/40GB hard drives
Belkin Keyboard monitor switch 4 port.
A few odds and ends.

I'd also get the DNS host domain names for the primary and secondary and a couple other domain names.

I'd have to move the hardware and get my own T-1 installed and install the rack and the hardware in our third bedroom.

Am I crazy as a loon If I go for this ?

Let me know what you think about this deal.
Be honest about it.

11-27-2002, 08:38 PM
trailboss Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: 60 miles from nowhere and 6 feet from HELL! Posts: 54	What's a Small Hosting company Worth? I was made an offer to buy part of the web hosting business I do a lot of sys admin contract work for. All the servers (3) are current FreeBSD with stable versions of PHP and MySQL and Apache. I'd be getting about 128 hosting customers, a few adult but most just business sites. Monthly income from hosting = $3600 Daily average bandwidth = 90K (T-1 =193k) The owner wants $36,500 for it, spread out over 5 years. Hardware I'd get : Cisco Router I think it's a 2650 3Com 16 port switch 10/100 APC Big ASS Rack Mount UPS (weights 80 pounds) 3 AMD 850 MHZ clones 256MB ram 40GB/40GB hard drives Belkin Keyboard monitor switch 4 port. A few odds and ends. I'd also get the DNS host domain names for the primary and secondary and a couple other domain names. I'd have to move the hardware and get my own T-1 installed and install the rack and the hardware in our third bedroom. Am I crazy as a loon If I go for this ? Let me know what you think about this deal. Be honest about it.