I have yet to find a shared host that (eventually) doesn't oversell their facilities. I've found a few gems, only to be let down a year or two down the road. Yo

I have yet to find a shared host that (eventually) doesn't oversell their facilities. I've found a few gems, only to be let down a year or two down the road. You don't want to be in this position. When I started using VPS hosting, I had zero sysadmin experience outside the Windows world. In choosing a VPS host, my biggest concern was accessibility to support that actually knew how to do the things I was doing. In other words, access to actual sysadmins. I chose Rimuhosting as my provider almost 5 years ago, and I haven't been unhappy yet. I can't stress this enough. As a new sysadmin, you're going to need help. You have two choices: * You can rely on community, which is great, but you'll have to wait on answers, and you'll likely be told to RTFM on many occasions. * You can go with a host that offers support, and (very important) also offers sysadmin help at reasonable rates for tasks that are over your head. This has been the greatest thing about Rimuhosting. Their support is awesome, and they go the extra mile, but they offer something a lot of other hosts simply will not do. They offer sysadmin services at a rate of $45/hr, which is very reasonable. In addition to completing tasks, they'll send you a quick run down of what they did. Teach a man to fish style! I've learned as much from them as I have any website. I cannot say enough good things about Rimuhosting.