4.5m hits/mo too much for shared hosting?

My current host has warned me that my forum takes up 50% of the server resources on my shared plan. They want me to move to a dedictated server, which alone is $99/mo plus $29/mo for cpanel.

I don't know diddly about server management and my site would go from modestly profitable to slightly in the hole with such a change.

Anybody have any suggestions?

is 4.5million raw hits really that much? I only get about 400 non-unique daily visits.

[SCRIPT3R]

depends on soo many things... who your host, what's your bandwidth limitations, what type of server is is, what are you paying, how much are you making, etc.

[Chris 96 WS6]

Hostrocket
50gb/mo, I only use about 10gb/mo
Its a linux server
Its $9/mo
I make about $150/mo gross, before any kind of taxes

My site was started with the intention of making money. Modest money but profit all the same. A dedicated server wipes that out entirely, plus I don't have the time to be administering it.

[sambah]

is your site just a forum? what hacks etc do you run?

[Chris 96 WS6]

Its just a forum.

I run PHPadsnew and vBpicGallery. The other hacks are just template mods and aren't resource intensive.

[Ntfu2]

Move up to a VPS.

The best VPS provider these days would probably have to be PowerVPS check them out, and that is a tad much for a shared hosting environment