I have been using a dedicated RAQ3 for the past couple of months(from 4webspace.com),but my site needs will go over its "capabilties" in the next month or two,so its time for me to search for a "stronger" server.

Anyhow,i have considered a raq4 from rackshack with 256MB,but after reading some of the recent reports about problems with them i got a little worried and decided that i may have to look else where.

My best choise it appears,is going for a dedciated linux box,however the problem is i have no idea how to admin a sever:(.
The only thing i ever did with my RAQ3 is installing the latest patches from cobalt and it worked fine.
So here is my question,what do i need to know in order to run a linux server ? how can i keep it up-to-date regarding security and such? i pretty much left my raq alone expect for the patches ,will i be able to do the same with a dedicated linux?
If so, what hosts do you recommad?
(my needs are about 100-150GB traffic,and support for SSI and cgi)

Thanks in advance for any help!

Ehud

Hi there,
Im new to running a dedicated server myself. but uuallan recomended these websites to me ;)

http://www.isc.org
http://www.linuxsecurity.com
http://www.cert.org

Thanks for thos resources,i look into them.

Also,i have read that their are several CP's similar to the RAQ3 cp.(webmin,WHM,Cpanel), what is the diffrence between them? and i can i use them to keep my software updated without too much problems?
And again,any hosts that you recommand that i should look into?

Ehud