GoDaddy as a host for vBulletin

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I’ve read quite a bit about members’ experiences with GoDaddy as a host. None of which is great by any standard. But, one thing that everyone has failed to mention is if they have been using a shared or a dedicated server. The reason that I ask is that we are currently on a shared server with another host and of course PHP is being run in safe mode. And even with the search function turned off. We are experiencing databases outages 2-3 times a day due to the old 1226 exceeded the 'max_questions' resource (current value: 50000). Anyway, the host is unwilling to turn off safe mode. And, I understand why. So, I can’t hold that against them. In the end it’s time to move to another server or host. The owner of the forum that I am working on has a buddy that has recently picked a dedicated server at GoDaddy. Can any of you give me your experiences with GoDaddy’s dedicated servers? And what should I ask this fellow to do to optimize his server for hosting a small to medium size vBulletin forum. I know he has PHP installed (although I don’t know which version yet) and that safe mode is turned off. The current population is 560, slowly but steadily growing, and an average users online number is 25-50. I do expect some more growth in the upcoming year. The ezBoard forum we moved away from had over 2600 members.