Sorry very late -.-' but i felt i needed to post something since it was meant towards me.
Hm ye you need to learn about server and mods to be able to make a well working one. But you are never going to learn if you dont start searching and get some practise, so the best advice would be:
- Inform yourself about server files and configurations, admin plugins and other mods you are planning to use. (use google its great)
- Rent a small server 4-10 slots for around 4-10€ (gameservers.com is very good you can change the number of slots as you want to from month to month)
- Practise for one month
- Once your pro at server configs upgrade your server
You can always fiddle with source dedicated server if you have balls (almost suicided from all the bugs it has :wacko: )