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    Tips for an Upcoming Provider

    My point of view for Your points: 1. Is DDoS Protection important to you? Does it add value to the service you are buying from? For some it`s important, for some is not - offer as the payed option - than You will know who really needs it. 2. What is your personal favorite - OpenVZ or KVM...
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    Your biggest pain as a provider

    Taxes are the pain in all scenarios :) The pain is - how to prepare the offer which can battle with the biggest game players on the market ? I think the only one thing can winn with them - treat all customers very special and individually - but it`s not easy stuff - especially with clients...
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    [Newbie] What are the vital things after setting up VPS?

    If You are not very familiar with linux systems itself - let the cPanel do the job for You. cPanle offers many functions which makes easy managing systems - also in quite advanced areas. regs. http://www.vps24.net
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    About networking

    Nat is the only solution. To access the NAT`ed systems You can always forward one of non-standard port to the nated system as ssh for example. You can read more here: http://blog.softlayer.com/2011/iptables-tips-and-tricks-port-redirection This will work on any host supporting standard...
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    what if no firewall?

    If You have only one service running You think nothing can happen but... First of all limit access to the sshd for only IP`s that You are using to access Your vps. After that read a little bit about iptables and defensing against the dos and ddos attacks. Even one open port can be a good...
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    Which AD network is best for ads.

    We have tried at the beginning the Google promo for adwords. It gives us ~40 hits every day within this budged. But adwords has so many configuration parameters, rates etc that You can spent any budget in one day :) It`s very important to choose well the key words - thats the key.
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    What tools are available to monitor for abuse?

    I prefer the zabbix + some custom scripts to keep focus on the params that are important for us. Basically, focused on the disks I/O, network traffic, outgoing emails and drastically process count changes.
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    Do you guys use FraudRecord or similar blacklists?

    We are using it - it can save time/headache.
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    any provider sell 4 gb ram for $7?

    Hey man - don`t kill the market :) Anyway - 4G for 7$ sounds crazy - so for some potential customers it might seem suspicious.
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    Hardware Vendors

    I think that new parts for production use is the best solution. However some provides the used parts with warranty - it might be low-cost option. We are using the Dell HW mostly for hosting, and the service in Europe seems to be working quite good. Regards vps24.net
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