An idea

[Luke]

Hello everyone,

Me and a friend have come up with what could be an interesting idea.
Basically a hosting service, but users get to customise their own package
instead of buying preset plans.

It's comparable to a system like one found on the Dell website where you can
get a computer and then customise it, choosing to add more RAM or get a
bigger hard drive, except with hosting.

A basic account would come with a user account, a certain amount of disk
space, a RAM quota (and some burstable) on a server, which provides ssh and
ftp access. This would come at a flat rate per-month. The user could then
configure this to add things like web hosting, extra RAM, access to vnc and
other software/features to this account for an extra amount added onto the
monthly rate.

I think that this would be useful for people that just want a shell account
on the net for various reasons, as well as people that want to run an SVN
repository or other piece of software without having to buy a full blown
server. It means that people are only paying for what they will use (within
reasonable bounds, this would have to be engineered so a profit is still
made), and since people aren't reserving resources they won't use, we can
sell them.

So what do you think of this idea? Obviously this will cost a fair amount of
money to start up, purchasing an initial server will cost a lot of money and
it will have to be plugged into a co-location place, but perhaps it could
still be a sucessful endeavour? Do you have any suggestions? Would you
consider using a service like this?

Thanks,

-- 
Luke Slater
:O)

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