Hello Im looking at setting up an IT business (Web design, dynamic websites etc), not sure what to do in regards to servers, Im used to having admin rights to everything so would prefer heading for a dedicated server but open to opinions,

Will have to be windows unless is running VMware which I can run windows server R2 on.

Would like to start with virtualisation, Hyper V VMWare, and at least two servers (one database and maybe version control + possibly build server (Team city most likley - may place this on a local server to save transfer time save server time) + a web server)

I suspect this is going to cost a bit, but am more concerned with the cost of the data centre - whats the typcial cost or a few 1U spaces in a data centre - best price. Have seen some expensive prices. Have had a look at some Hosting options and not sure what the control panels like hlem are like - whether I will have enough control to run whats needed (Scheduled tasks etc) though these are alot cheaper are they fast - example host and domain would be appreciated for this?

There are few second servers on Trademe Xeon 1U's though not an expert on the subject don't know whether these will be very useful for a large number of sites running on them - and perhaps some high demand sites (Later on)

I like the look of these, probably with an 8 core opteron -
Asus RS500A-E6/PS4 1U Rack-Mountable AMD G34 500W Server

Need to know if is worth getting the ECC Ram for the servers? If I purhcased them.

Any other advice would be appreciated.

Thanks