hi,

i am currently with bluehost and unhappy as after only 2 weeks the server was going through maintenance and my webpage was not accessible for hours.

i am currently learning a lot about all that but would still appreciate any suggestions and the expertise of yours in my specific case.

what i need are min. 256RAM, a personalized email address, enough bandwidth as there are pictures on the website which should load fast, but most importantly the server needs to be reliable at all times. the website will launch officially after the first week of march an we are expecting some good traffic at least within the first two months. there are no videos on the website, just text and gallery and a contact form.

i took a look at the dedicated hosting services which are more expensive and i do believe also not necessary in my case. vps is something i was looking at but i am not sure.

currently our tech specs are:
8x AMD Opteron-6274 16Core (Processor)
1x Super Micro AS -2122TG-HTRF (Chassis, Motherboard, Heatsinks)
16x 8 GB DDR3-1600 ECC / REG (Memory)
12x Western Digital Velociraptor- WD1500BLFS (Hard Drives)
8x OCZ Daneva II's 240GB (SSD Drives)
4x LSI 9285-8e or 9280-8e depending on availability (Sata Controller)
4x LSIBBU09 (Controller Battery)

we are using LINUX and MYSQL.

please advise,

thanks a lot in advance!

jen