How to host my websites

[Freakish_05]

Hi Everyone.

Looking for some general advice really.....

I've got 3 domains with relatively small websites on (for the time being...they are likely to grow in the near future). All are PHP/MySQL but I'm going to be doing some ASP 3.0/.Net work on one (maybe 2) of them in the near future.

At the moment I'm home-hosting them on an old rig with Windows Server 2003 standard and Exchange Server 2003. However, after discovering that its going to cost me upwards of £275 a YEAR to keep this machine on 24/7 I'm now looking at alternative methods of hosting. This is where I'm getting stumped.....

From what research I've done this morning the options I've got are to get a Windows VPS which would enable me to host all of my PHP/MySQL and ASP 3.0/.NET work and keep my exchange server (if the VPS provider allows custom software installs). Alternatively I can get shared hosting accounts for each site and find an exchange mailbox host.

What should I do? Have I overlooked something??? Any and all comments appreciated

Thanks in advance,
Freakish_05

Edit: I probably should have mentioned that I'm going to be developing a lot of new sites in the near future to build up a PHP/ASP portfolio.

 

[Adz]

A decent Windows VPS for that sort of money with the appropriate licencing paid (you'd be surprised how many hosting providers just don't bother) is going to cost more than £275/year I'm afraid .

I do however know there is a very reputable hosting provider on these very forums who does offer .NET hosting *and* hosted Exchange which would come easily within your budget. I've no idea who that might be, however .