High Quality SQL Server hosting needed
Hi, I hope we are in the correct area if not can someone tell us where to post.
This post might be long, but we want to make sure that we tell all information and question we had in one post.
We have short term goals and long term. I will start with the short.
We (David and I) are looking to be resellers, BUT we do not want a hosting plan that allows overselling. Ethically we do not believe in selling space that others are paying for to another client just so we can make more money. If we say that you have 10GB allocated, you have 10GB allocated. We would also like that respect in return. In other words, if a hosting provider that we go with, if we are paying for 10GB we are allocated to the full 10GB. (space and bandwith)
I know our needs are not the norm, but what type of hosting service should we look for? I am coming to the conclusion that we are not looking for shared hosting. It is not in our budget to have a dedicated server at this time. Should we be looking for VPS or Cloud?
Our specific needs now are:
Windows Platform 2008 (r2?)
SQL Server 2008r2
ASP.NET 4
.NET 4.0
IIS27or 7.5
Silverlight
AJAX
possible jQuery (could refernce to Google if not on server)
We will be using 3/4 of the space that would be in our hosting plan to resell allocated space to our customers.
We will be using the other 1/4 for our own different business.
This leads us up to our long term goals.
We are starting a small business that builds custom applications to small business with approx 20 or less users per client. Company's that cannot afford a full time IT dept. I am a SQL Server DBA/Progammer and a .NET developer.
We will be phasing out the focus of reselling in favor of custom applications to small businesses.
Can someone point us to the right provider? One who will work with us and help with tech support.
We believe in quality over quantity. We are looking to build a reputation of quality and reliable service.
Any and all advice is welcome.
Thank you
Christi and David