Self hosting decision

[romario]

Hi guys, I'm working on a Webapp with Java back end, could you please advise about hosting solution.

I just saw yc startups hosting decisions for 2010, and almost none is self hosted, is there a particular reason for this?

Is it worth it to self host to save some cash since I'm not funded (yet I hope :)) regarding the time it consumes, besides I'm no sys admin master. Thanks for your help

[spravtek]

There's many options for hosting, you could run a virtual machine running a web server, you could use Amazon web services (they have a free instance for 1 year, enough for testing) ... If you really want to host yourself, the virtual machine might be an interesting option. You can download a ready made instance (eg. Bitnami instances) and use VMware player to run it) ... If that's too complicated you can find much easier solutions where everything is readily configured but mostly they cost you money.

[romario]

Thanks for your answer, but actually I wanted to have an opinion or feedback on using Amazon EC or GoDaddy and similar over self hosting.

Basically is it really not recommended to self host at the beginning to stay focused on the product, or does it worth it in order to save some cash.