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Choosing a Host -- Reseller or VPS?

I'm developing a common-interest social networking community which is soon ready for release. I need some advice on what type of a hosting plan will best fit both my emerging website development company and my new (hopefully high-traffic) online…
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Are there any open source reseller packages?

My department has just been given the right/responsibility to manage our own VPS. The idea being that the bureaucracy will be less for the many small web projects we run. Since each project will be managed by a different team, I was planning on…
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How to become a successful Host reseller or is it possible?

As a webmaster, sometimes I want to do the host reseller job, but I am not sure if this is a good choice, is there anyone has done this? I am looking for some experience sharing. Thanks.
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how find datacenter using a ip address related to that datacenter?

I have a vds and it's really good! I have some problems with my reseller of that server because of their support. I want to buy a server from that datacenter directly. How can I find that datacenter using an IP address related to that datacenter?
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System Seller Firmware Update Policy IBM

I've heard that IBM expects from their sellers/partners to update machines before shipping to customers to the most recent firmware (uEFI/AMM/IMM/RSA etc.) releases. Can anyone comment on that one?
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Reselling from a VPS (cloud server)

I am currently administering about 15 small websites (total bandwidth never exceeds 1.5 GB/month) on a shared reseller host using cPanel and WHM. I'm about to migrate these sites to a virtual cloud server from Rackspace. How would I go about…
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Anyone know of a good way to sell used servers?

We have a couple of servers we no longer need now that we are fully hosted on a managed host (rackspace). They were purchased for over $10,000 each but we realize that over time their monetary value drops. Anyone have suggestions or experience…
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Recommendation for Reseller Web Hosting - With Linux/Apache & IIS Options

I work for an IT consulting company, and many of our clients have been asking about switching their website hosting to us so that they only have to deal with one outfit. We have done some small scale hosting off of our own servers before, but we'd…
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Virtual server hosting newbie questions

I'm searching for a hosting that would suit my needs. Currently I'm on shared hosting and as my web sites count grows bigger I think I need a better hosting. I think a dedicated hosting is a overkill so I'm going with a virtual server. I am a newbie…
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How to spot webhosting resellers posing as actual hosts?

Recently I began work on an eBook about the hosting industry and there is a key issue which I often encounter with many of my clients. I wanted to ask what are the best methods for a person to check and ensure the hosting company they are doing…
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Which web site can I use for setting ns1, ns2 for a parent domain name?

I bought a domain from reseller like below : www.test.com I want to use this domain as my parent domain. This domain in the reseller's web site has a control panel that I should set ns1.something.com and ns2.something.com but in those text boxes we…
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Solutions for monetizing excess CPU cycles

My company has a big (relatively) computer farm, say, 100 physical servers (dual CPU hexacore e5 xeons with 160 Gb RAM) leased from some hardware provider (say Leaseweb or OVM) on monthly basis, means, on 1st January I pay for all 100 servers to use…
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Hosting vs DNS and domain management

I have the following problem. I have a reseller hosting services which offer to my clients. One of my clients want to keep the domain and DNS management with him. What information he needs to point "meucliente.com" for my resale? Initially suggested…
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Selling my Used Servers online?

I am new here and doing a bit of research. I am running a startup which takes used technology, fixes it up and sells it online. I am looking for the best method/place to sell servers online, both new and old. Does such a place exist? Are there…
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