I am considering setting up a potentially large social networking website. How much would a good budget be?
My team is handling the designning and developing.
What I'm interested in knowing is how much web hosting and a server (and any other cost) would amount to per month for a very large site?
Do you know of any good cheap dedicated/non-dedicated servers?
What would be a realistic budget for a BIG website?
It depends on how much visitors you will get. Start with shared hosting and then go for dedicated hosting once you have many (like thousand visitors per day).
I would like to suggest following shared webhosting which I use, they are excellent.
http://www.hostmonster.com/track/webhost...
They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 600000 MB (600 GB ). They only charge $5.95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (e-commerce),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well.
Visit the site to check details.
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