Choosing A New Dedicated Server

I’ve been hosting this blog and my other sites with PowerVPS for at over 2 years now and things have gone generally ok, with PowerVPS providing good support for my Dedicated Server.  PowerVPS gave me a very good deal on my dedicated server, but recently it has been struggling.  I think this has been driven by sheer traffic growth thanks to Windows 7 News, which is now the biggest site in terms of traffic and is getting close to a run rate of 1m page views per month.

So, I think it’s time for an upgrade to a server that can handle future growth.  I don’t really want to spend more than $250-300/pm for a fully managed dedicated server with full management.  I’m sure there are a lot of good deals out there at the moment.  The spec I’m trying to improve on is:

  • OS:              Centos 4
  • CPU:            Pentium D 3.0GHz
  • Ram:           4GB DDR2 533
  • Hard drive:  2 x 300GB Maxtor SATAII

Who would you recommend?