dedicated web hosting
We have already done with the top 10 shared web hosting providers.
Success of any website to large extent depends on its Web host.
Today Arjun asked some questions on OCC, wanting to know relative merits of going for cloud computing versus Virtual Private Server.
Rackspace, one of the MAJOR dedicated server hosting providers of the world, went down severely for more than an hour yesterday, resulting in with many popular websites going down like eventbrite.com, Timberlake's blog, Malkin's blog and etc.
My minimum requirements are:
Pentium Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM
2 X 160GB SATA II Harddisk with Hardware RAID 1
1500GB Bandwidth
10Mbps with option to easily upgrade to 100Mpbs in future
Remote Reboot facility
5 usable IP Addresses
Price lock for at least an year or more.