Guys Can anyone give me some advice please ? I am looking to purchase some servers and host them in London. Obviously this will be for gamers. A similar system along the lines of what Jolt currently do. (on a smaller scale though) First i need to know is WHERE do i go to purchase these servers and which ones are best ?? Secondly.... is it better to buy or rent the server from a company ? Sorry to sound so vague...its because there is nowhere I have found which seems straight forward. I think the rent of these servers in places like london are expensive....but as I am from the UK, it makes sense to have them hosted in London, dont you think ? Does anyone here have any experience that I can ask from ? Thanks in advance ps..... I would also require the server to be able for me to sell webspace as well.....or should a separate server be needed.
If i were you mate i wouldnt bother at all. Without sounding harsh (and making a few assumptions) it sound slike you have no clue what you are doing. All i can can suggest is going to Jolt/UK2/INXgaming/whoevers website and seing if they give server stats. Games like CS can have multiple games running on one server.
I have to agree with Fatboy, you really sound like you don't know what you're doing and running a hosting/gaming server business is something where you will need to know what you're doing. Flieslikeabrick may be able to give you some tips, but I suspect he'll instead tell you to forget the idea for at least a few years.
