I am looking for a dedicated server because shared webhosting solutions have some limitations.
I am going to start with one appliation (web server + db) but in the future I will need more resources for more applications. I am starting small so the price is very important right now the quality is more important though.
The requirements are like (not sure what I forgot)
- scalable hw resources (memory, hdd, bandwith)
- linux/unix based
- able to install programs
- ssh
- ssl/https
- backup solution?
- unlimited number of outgoing emails
- ‘simple scripts’ ?
- server user management
Update
Does the location of the server matters as I want to target my ‘visitors’ world wide?
Well I don’t know where you are from and if it matters to you where the server’s at. But I am very happy with swiss based hostfactory (I host some ecommerce solutions there). The support team reacts very fast and you’ll get full control of the server (rdp access on windows, shell access on linux).
Check it out here: hostfactory
Hardware resources are scalable via the web interface.