Starting a File Host Website

[VandalizedHosting]

Oh okay
I am truly serious, and yeah its getting pretty annoying!
Hope i can pull it off as well man

[mke]

I was just wondering whether 3 servers will be enough to start with ?
I mean its okay to start but if everything is started properly and everything goes good, the two servers will be full in just a few days.

You must be ready to invest a lot in future and must not expect quick income at start itself.

3 is not enough. We haven't launched our file host publicly yet and with 500 beta users we're already looking to add more servers to our current setup that includes 6 file serving servers. And each has 8x2GB drives.

[craignorris]

The investment required is higher than you are probably assuming and I don't think that you have a plan or strategy to be successful.

[UltimA]

Unless you have $10,000 to burn, forget it.

I've studied the file host market in precise detail, trust me.

[pankaj]

The only ways I can see to monetize your site is by selling premium accounts and ads.

[ciaociao4]

3 is not enough. We haven't launched our file host publicly yet and with 500 beta users we're already looking to add more servers to our current setup that includes 6 file serving servers. And each has 8x2GB drives.

16GB

[VandalizedHosting]

You can use 6 servers.
Thats good for you.
If i want to start with 3 then i will start with 3 if more need to be purchased i will purchase more.
Right now im worried about one thing Design and the website
Once its all figured out then ill buy the servers but for now im not looking for haters or people to doubt me. You dont know what i have, what my family has and what i can invest with.

Anyways if i have any positive people wanting to actually help me other than doubt me please dont hesitate to post

[pankaj]

He must have meant 16TB.

If you think you've enough investment, why not simply start the site ?
If you manage to launch a site in this situation (when most big hosts are down), your site will probably easily flourish ?

[Vee]

What is your domain name ie .com, .co, .ru etc? And where are your servers based?

Edit: what kind of design help do you need?

[lellouchftw]

- Don't offer flat out cash.
- Be flexible, offer many types of upload - ftp, remote, normal.
- Let free users download at least 1gb files