Hosting Solutions For Full-Text Site

[Cindy]

Hi. I have a site that stores files on SQL Server tables (possibility
of a large database) and uses Full-Text Search to search through all
these files. I was wondering, since traffic might be quite large,
what companies normally do in such scenarios. I am fairly good with
programming but machine configuration is not my strong suit.

First, is there a way to host this ourselves? What kind of equipment
would we need for a dedicated server and what kind of connection?
Please describe price ranges if you are familiar with this.

Second, is there a company that can do the dedicated hosting for us
with the features that I detailed, above? We are talking about
hosting a site in which most of the space is taken up by the database
itself rather than a files scattered on the server. Again, please
describe "normal" price ranges.

Any considerations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly.

Cindy

[Cindy]

On Nov 13, 1:36*am, Cindy <cindyc...@hotm ail.comwrote:

Hi. *I have a site that stores files on SQL Server tables (possibility
of a large database) and uses Full-Text Search to search through all
these files. *I was wondering, since traffic might be quite large,
what companies normally do in such scenarios. *I am fairly good with
programming but machine configuration is not my strong suit.

First, is there a way to host this ourselves? *What kind of equipment
would we need for a dedicated server and what kind of connection?
Please describe price ranges if you are familiar with this.

Second, is there a company that can do the dedicated hosting for us
with the features that I detailed, above? *We are talking about
hosting a site in which most of the space is taken up by the database
itself rather than a files scattered on the server. *Again, please
describe "normal" price ranges.

Any considerations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly.

Cindy

Anyone there?

[Hillbilly]

Look at Microsoft Small Business Server as it comes with SQL Server and you
can use it to host your own website. You have to buy connectivity like a DSL
or your ownT1 (not so expensive anymore) from some service provider that
will give you at least 1 or more static IPs.

There's all kinds of hosting providers. Microsoft uses Orcsweb for some
things now and then.
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On Nov 13, 1:36 am, Cindy <cindyc...@hotm ail.comwrote:

Hi. I have a site that stores files on SQL Server tables (possibility
of a large database) and uses Full-Text Search to search through all
these files. I was wondering, since traffic might be quite large,
what companies normally do in such scenarios. I am fairly good with
programming but machine configuration is not my strong suit.

First, is there a way to host this ourselves? What kind of equipment
would we need for a dedicated server and what kind of connection?
Please describe price ranges if you are familiar with this.

Second, is there a company that can do the dedicated hosting for us
with the features that I detailed, above? We are talking about
hosting a site in which most of the space is taken up by the database
itself rather than a files scattered on the server. Again, please
describe "normal" price ranges.

Any considerations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly.

Cindy

Anyone there?