For different kinds of sites, I use different providers. 0. Linode rocks, rocks, rocks. I have used it for three years and never had a problem. Of course, as pointed out in this thread, it's a strictly DIY approach, so someone who knows what they are doing has to participate in the process. Interesting alternatives are: 1. Liquid Web VPS This gives a great managed alternative on CentOS, great service, a VPS with CPanel and WHS 2. Funnily enough, Site5... It was great 3 years ago, horrible up to 12 months ago, but since it has been on Planet, I have found that a Reseller account has rocked for simple shared-hosting kinds of sites. I recently created a site for a friend, and I could install drush and have full ssh access, and everything just worked, with decent performance. Victor Kane http://awebfactory.com.ar http://projectflowandtracker.com On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Justin Ellison <justin@techadvise.com>wrote:
I'm partial to Linode - they're affordable, and performance is top-notch. I've written quite a few articles about them on my blog: http://sysadminsjourney.com/category/linode
You mention security - Linode is a hands-off provider. They give you a VPS, and a distro, and that's about it. Security is up to you. You don't get a CPanel, but you're free to install your own if you like. They also have StackScripts, which allow you to have "click-n-run servers". There's plenty of Drupal StackScripts, check them out at http://www.linode.com/stackscripts.
Many others are happy with Amazon AWS and Rackspace, but I can't speak for them myself. I have less than stellar personal opinions of running Drupal on Aplus.net and Dreamhost shared hosting.
HTH,
Justin