[Hidden-tech] Dedicated web server - advice/recommendations?

[Steve Anthony]

I should have been clearer.  By 'installing yourself', I meant the 
responsibility of paying for and providing proof of licenses for the OS 
and database.  Yes, once they have that, they take care of performing 
the installation.

Steve

Daniel Fried wrote:
> Hmmm.... Rackspace set up everything for us... we did install our own
> ColdFusion license, but they did the OS, .Net and SQL Server.
>
> -Dan
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> Chris,
>
> Check out Rackspace (www.rackspace.com)  I've worked with them for 
> several years and they have been rock solid and easy to work with.  If 
> you don't want to install the OS and SQL Server, check out 
> www.mosso.com.  It's not a dedicated server, but they offer some good 
> packages designed for developers.  You can work with Microsoft (.Net) 
> technologies and/or PHP (versions 4 & 5) along with MySQL. 
>
> Steve
>
> Chris Duncan, GISmatters wrote:
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>> I need to find a provider for a managed, dedicated web server that 
>> will support ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. I only want to focus on 
>> installing and running the ASP.NET app and some very basic site 
>> administration - I would like the provider to handle hardware, OS and 
>> application installation/updates, backups, etc. In other words, I 
>> don't want to become a server admin - just want to put my app up and 
>> have it work with minimal fuss.
>>
>> There's a rather large universe of providers out there - any 
>> recommendations and/or advice on things to watch (out) for when 
>> choosing a provider would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>>
>> Chris
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