Web Host needed for small research business

[PlutoLtd]

Hi. I have recently started a space business/research group mainly focused on artificial/natural satellites. What I do is allow the general public to use a satellite in orbit of earth that takes images of areas of space (to make profit for the research) and the research group mainly does moon and satellite orbit corrections and modifications. I would buy my own web server but I am tight on money and dont know much about web languages and server hardware. I would apply for a non-profit, non-taxable organization but my job at a government facility prohibits that unless i have a doctorate and conduct research approved by a board of reviewers. What i have planned and what my web designer/programmer is going to do is send the pictures taken to a NASA server where they are reviewed for release then to the webserver. I have looked around web directories for a web host but cant find anything reasonable (10 gb space and 40gb transfer for $125 a month; gimme a break.) What i have been told, (by my son), i need is at least 25gb space (images, web software that students make, data), 90gb transfer, ftp, cron jobs, ssi, ssl, ssh2, all images/video file types, about 40 pop3 email accounts and domain hosting. Either: (1) Unix server, php, mysql dbs, telnet, php safe mode off or (2) Windows 2k server, ms access, asp, .net, .mmit, xml.

I am willing to pay $70-110 a month or $50 with adverts including a 88x31 button, and a foot banner. I am expecting to recieve 40 to 50 thousand unique page views for the first 6 months while online as i will be directly linked to NASA and terraserver homepages also including a few space program homepages from universities. I am waiting on approval for a satellite launch that would be used by me and a german space company.

Thank you. Just put up any offers. If you think that it would be in fact cheaper to buy or rent my own server, learn the aspects of server hardware, or hire someone to do it for me, please please tell me.

[Archbob]

You might want to try a dedicated solution at http://www.rackshack.net .

[Daniel]

Originally posted by Archbob
You might want to try a dedicated solution at http://www.rackshack.net .

Although be advised, if you don't know how to maintain a linux server through SSH, your screwed.

[Archbob]

Alot of rackshack's systems have ensim with them.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by Archbob
Alot of rackshack's systems have ensim with them.

Maintainance of the server would be a ----- with ensim only.

Imagine if you had loops in your code...wtf would you do then?

[Archbob]

Now, that is a problem. I will get a somewhat managed server when the time comes.

[YUPAPA]

Originally posted by Daniel
Maintainance of the server would be a ----- with ensim only.

Imagine if you had loops in your code...wtf would you do then?

kill the session? :confused:

[Chicken]

Originally posted by PlutoLtd
i need is at least 25gb space, 90gb transfer, ftp, cron jobs, ssi, ssl, ssh2, all images/video file types, about 40 pop3 email accounts and domain hosting. Either: (1) Unix server, php, mysql dbs, telnet, php safe mode off or (2) Windows 2k server, ms access, asp, .net, .mmit, xml.

I am willing to pay $70-110 a month or $50 with adverts including a 88x31 button, and a foot banner. I am expecting to recieve 40 to 50 thousand unique page views for the first 6 months

If you think that it would be in fact cheaper to buy or rent my own server, learn the aspects of server hardware, or hire someone to do it for me, please please tell me.
With your requirements, you're out of the range of a shared account. That leaves you either VPS or dedicated. Buying and colocating a server isn't cheap, not to mention you'd have to run it. Leasing a server is probably up your alley, preferably a fully managed one.

Your budget is extremely low for the type of hosting you are looking for. The amount of traffic seems solid and if you want to have solid services to power it all, you might want to increase the amount you're willing to pay.

For $110 (minimum), you can get something, but you won't have many choices. Under that, I doubt it.

[Vegs]

You can get dedicated server with your budger, fdcservers.net, rackshack.net, unitedcolo.com but you get what you paid for. Important site such as this, you might want to increase the budget and get a better host with better reliability.