Need Advice
 

Hi guys ,
I have a busy vbulletin forum with about 300 to 600 users online , and 3 Busy WordPress Portal ...

i want to move to a Dedicated server but i'm not good at all in these stuff ! i dunno which hardware is best for my sites and which company is better to work with !

a friend of mine told me with this plan :
* Intel Core 2 Duo E4400, 2.0GHz, 800MHz, 2MB L2 Cache
* 1GB DDR2 RAM, Support for up to 4GB of system memory
* 80GB SATA HDD, Support for up to 2 Hard Drives (Up to 500GB)
* 1000GB Transfer, Upgradeable to Unmetered
* 10Mbps Uplink, Upgradeable to 100Mbps
* 5 IP Addresses, Upgradeable to 61

i can run my SiteS FAST and without any problem , is he right ? i would appreciate if someone can guide me .

Thanks in advance

The hardware specifications he mentioned will definitely be a good option for your website. You can also upgrade your hardware as per your requirements which is the best option you have.

Why you don`t have a VPS ?
It`s cjeaper and sutable for just one site ..
http://nextboxhosting.com/vps.htm
And you can increase The RAM and Burst RAM, Besides they are perfect in managing servers and agood protect system and fast respond.

Greeting

thanks for replies

e3sarcom , i'm already using a vps right now , i'm afraid moving to another vps would not a perfect way for me ! so i just waste the time .. what do u think ?
this vps plan seems good but i dunno it can handle 4 busy sites or not :
cPanel - Titanium 650GBbw , 1GBram , 4GB Burst RAM , 50GB hard & 2 IPs

thank again for replies

whats your cookie timeout ? 300 - 600 maybe ok if you got 3600 second cookie timeout but that server will defo not be enough if you have a 900 second cookie timeout (learnt it the hard way)

cookie timeout is 1800

The server above is good, you need to remember with VB it attacks you on both sides, MySQL eats ram, and php eats CPU, so with VB it use's both so having a good combination of plenty of ram and a fast cpu is really what your looking for. I wouldn't recommend less then 2 GB of ram, and I agree with you you seem to have outgrown a VPS and are in need of a dedicated server. Specially if you plan on growing bigger, moving from VPS to VPS is pointless if your growing at a fast enough rate, moving a site is a pain.

Lemme know if I can help you further.