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closedbook
I was wondering if anyone here could post advice as to what steps need to be taken to "launch" an internet start up. From taking the finished alpha site from the developer to hosting it. Also, what to do when your server crashes from too much traffic, etc.
Also, could someone give the lowdown as to what to look for in a web host: scalability, customer service, etc. Any good hosting companies for an internet start up?
Thanks!
Hi, based on your question ill answer this on a shared and dedicated hosting basis.
Q) what steps need to be taken to "launch" an internet start up. From taking the finished alpha site from the developer to hosting it.
A) What does your website do? Is it a forum, a business website promoting products, a social networking site? lets say for arguments sake you are starting a forum. First thing you want to do is test the site for any bugs and and make any corrections where needed.
Q) Also, what to do when your server crashes from too much traffic, etc.
A) Most sites can start off with a shared hosting package and will run well as long as you are on decent hardware, decent hosts will run dual or quad or processors 4GB of ram and RAID. This is sufficient enough to support a large number of accounts. You're site should not be able to bring down the shared hosting server since the host will notify you that your site is using too high resources and advise you to either optimize it or upgrade to either a VPS (Virtual Private Server) or a dedicated server, in this case the amount of space or bandwidth you are allocated is irrelevant it's the system resources you are using that ultimately determine whether an upgrade is necessary. If your are hosting on your own dedicated server and the you find that the server is crashing for the sole reason of too much traffic the first thing to do is optrimize the server to run with your site, if this does not fix the issue upgrade what is needed (maybe ram) and/or upgrade the server to something more powerful.
Q) Also, could someone give the lowdown as to what to look for in a web host: scalability, customer service, etc.
A) When looking for a good host the first thing to check is any reviews that are scattered over the net these can be a great guide when choosing your host. All hosts can provide the same product what makes a host different is the quality of their customer support! A good host will be willing to work with you to find the best solution for your site, make recommendations on upgrades/downgrades and their staff will be knowledgeable. If you are choosing a dedicated server and you don't know a lot about server admin look for a host that can provide management for you, this will save you time and money. Remember every host will have downtime so get used to that (even Google has had downtime) hosts are not perfect they are much like humans so it's how they communicate and deal with their issues that ultimately separates them apart.
Hope this helps!
Ijan Kruizinga
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