Currently, TBW is hosted on an E-Starr server with my other clients’ sites. The major drawback to sharing a server with other people is that they don’t care about the server. They don’t realize that if you install a Gallery script with Fantastico and just let it sit there, in 3 months someone’s going to find a way to spam it or exploit it. When you add 200 of these people to a server you’re bound to run into trouble.

So I’ve been thinking lately about getting my own server for my sites. I know they’re not big sites, but the added protection I need on the servers to keep hackers away from my clients causes a few issues for my own sites. I’d like to get my own server that doesn’t have to have a firewall and all that added protection.

I don’t need a big server for this, just one that can hold a few sites. My sites are mostly wordpress and don’t get insane amounts of traffic, so even a small server would be just fine. I’ve been thinking about the AMD 64 3000 offered by GNAX. I’ve used them for several years so I know they’re reliable and it’s fairly inexpensive. This site isn’t quite making enough to cover the cost of the server, but it may be more incentive.

Really, their AMD XP 1800 would be enough for my small sites (I used to run it as a client server years ago) but I like knowing that if I were to get bigger my server would have the power to handle it. Do you run your own dedicated server for your blogs? What stats did you pick?