The forum uses less than 1GB, but obviously the more the better. We have 10GB of space here on EuroVPS, but that has to include the whole RedHat installation, the swap space and the forum.
Bandwidth on average we use under 3GB a month with compression, but we have used a lot higher than that on previous hosts. I think our record is easily above 10GB in a single month.
Latest versions of all are always good. Apache web server is a must, PHP 5.x and MySQL 4.1.x or better. As mentioned above Plesk is better than CPanel.
Shared / Personal hosting is a no. At least some kind of Virtual Server so I can configure our set up independently of other customers which means SSH and root access and the ability to remotely restart the server if I need to. There are lots of other things to take into consideration as well, but those are the major points.
And no, Frontpage is not required.
Informational thingy with 1and1....
unless you specifically buy a root server, which has no support, youdon't get root access. You can't do that much via SSH, certainly no installing/reconfiguring etc.
Also, I deal with a few linux servers, be happy to help here if ever needed in that department (if matt ever isn't around, or tires of it i suppose).
Ah, bobbins. D'you think we could just buy a package beneath our needs and hope we get upgraded for free again? No, didn't think so.
That seems to make Rendle's find look pretty good value.
I work for 1&1 in the kansas datacenter as a datacenter tech. Flash tour kinda thing here. http://order.1and1.com/oneandone_us/img/swf/datacenter/index.html
Ill see what i can get a rootserver for. If i can get the cheap one for cheap currently around 50 pounds a month. I can just upgrade the hardware. (bounce) (cheer) (bounce)
And for the OS you have to choose one we provide but im pretty sure you can do what you want with it within reason.
As good as when I suggested it, at least.
Nobody listens to me. :((