Originally Posted by bww71
I've just started working with a small company that has a few issues that I'm trying to research which led me to this site. Hopefully someone will be able to provide some insight on which direction I may want to look in. Here's our situation.
We have a large information only website and soon to launch webstore. We also develop websites for our client base (4-5 page information only sites). We have one shared hosting account for our own website (with good service) and a low-cost hosting account for our client base websites (with exceptionally poor service). One of our contractors suggested we look at a dedicated server for our own site since it's getting quite large.
My questions are after some research:
1. Using a "fully managed" dedicated server - and given the right technical specs - should we be able create a model to host our website and our client websites on the same box? Seems logical to me, but I'm sure there are some deeper aspects that I haven't considered.
2. It's also been suggested that we look at a hosting reseller account for our client websites - while managing the dedicated server for our site - but this seems like more administration. Maybe it isn't?
3. We obviously want to get the best value for our dollar, but also want to be smart in how we develop our model so that six months down the road we're still in pretty good shape. Are there options that we should consider?