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I am planning (mostly hoping) to create and manage my own server for some python web apps, Apache/PHP/MySQL as well as a minecraft server. I have never hosted anything more complicated than a mediawiki on LAMP, and a minecraft server, so there is my experience with hosting. I have also been using Linux (using ubuntu since 8.04) as my only OS for a while, so I know my way around bash, ssh, screen, and such.

now what I want/hope: to build my own server and find a server rack to place it in a datacenter,

so question one is: where can I find a good comparison of datacenters? with a preference that I can drive to it for any on-site maintenance.

question two: about how much would it cost for rack space and 100mb internet? I have tried looking, but alas, I know not enough to compare what I see.

what about a virtual server? will those be powerful enough to run a minecraft server along with some other things? will I even be allowed to?

specs im looking at making/using:

  • 24GB ram (upper end) 4 GB minimum
  • dual core processor (intel AMD, whatever, it will be enough. I have been running on a tortured pentium 4 so far...)
  • 50GB HDD minimum, although more the better.
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  • where can I find a good comparison of datacenters?

You can not.

  • with a preference that I can drive to it for any on-site maintenance.

Depending on where you live that will cut it down to possibly 1-2 centers anyway.

  • question two: about how much would it cost for rack space and 100mb internet?

A lot. The 100mbit are the problem when quality connected. You dont need that.

  • what about a virtual server? will those be powerful enough to run a minecraft server along with some other things? will I even be allowed to?

Depends. Totally. On the provider. I know powerfull virtual servers (8 cores, 32gb ram).

TomTom
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