Please suggest good web hosts for me. I need a VPS or dedicated host for upcoming domain of 4-5 PHProxys and 2 CGI proxies. Please don't advertise junk, I need a professional company, not a fly by night reseller. (If you suggest the webhost that I go with, a bonus of $5 paypal to you)
I'd suggest you to get a dedicated server and manage yourself...that'd cost less in the long run and can support the proxies you intend to run. If you tell me your max bidget for a dedi box, then I might be able to suggest some ($75 is not enough for a decent dedi box)
$75 for a dedicated and you'll get stuck with a low-grade server and probably crappy service. Maybe not. I've been happy with dedicated servers from ServerMatrix and VPS from HostForWeb for more than a few years. Proxies haven't been a problem on the VPS, but I monitor and control bandwidth closely.
I'm thinking of getting this server: "INTEL DUAL XEON 2.8GHz 2048MB DDR RAM 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive 10Mbps Unmetered Bandwidth CentOS 4.3 or Fedora Linux 10Mbps Port + 10 IP Addresses (20 Max) Management Included (Info)" from here: http://managemybox.com/boxmax.php I've got a low-end server there and so far no errors
My proxies recieve much traffic but ever since I switched to CGI proxy, the load has been 90% lesser than what it was on PHProxy
Layeredtech is offering a hot deal on sempron 2600+ for just 59/mo and oh yeah you get a huge 250gig hdd with it. only thing is gotta pay 25 bucks extra for cpanel.
Plus you need to know how to manage your server (setup nameservers, secure it, all the jazz) I got plesk with my server (it was free up to 30 domains) and I'm happy with it