School me on buying and maintaining a remote server

[Never_Scurred]

I've been looking into this lately as a way to host some things i'm working on, but since i'm a n00b to this whole server shit, I was wondering if you guys could help point me in the right direction.
I was thinking of uploading my projects to a remote server and then letting people access them from there at a much faster speed.
I've google'd a few places and while the prices seem decent, I don't know what to look for and what to avoid in a host.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

[Battlesmurf]

someone help this man out- I know plenty of you guys here are into this stuff

[crithit5000]

Read the fine print and expect tech support to have a very loose grasp of basic English.

[Ex-Cyber]

The major question is how much flexibility you need in the software and/or hardware configuration. There are services ranging anywhere from dedicated web hosting (website backed by a dedicated hardware allocation; host handles all non-CGI software installation and you just upload your files) to VPS (a virtualized server with dedicated hardware allocation that you get root access to, often with the ability to do reboots and OS reinstalls via a web-based control panel) to colocation (you actually buy/build and configure a rackmount server box yourself, lease rack space, and ship your box to the host to plug it in; usually no service beyond "remote hands" for a fee). I'm not really an expert in this stuff, but I've researched it enough to know that there's not enough information in your post to make a serious recommendation.

[Never_Scurred]

The major question is how much flexibility you need in the software and/or hardware configuration. There are services ranging anywhere from dedicated web hosting (website backed by a dedicated hardware allocation; host handles all non-CGI software installation and you just upload your files) to VPS (a virtualized server with dedicated hardware allocation that you get root access to, often with the ability to do reboots and OS reinstalls via a web-based control panel) to colocation (you actually buy/build and configure a rackmount server box yourself, lease rack space, and ship your box to the host to plug it in; usually no service beyond "remote hands" for a fee). I'm not really an expert in this stuff, but I've researched it enough to know that there's not enough information in your post to make a serious recommendation.

I see. I'm still doing my homework on this.
Thanks for the response, man.

[GaijinPunch]

What are your "projects"? For the most part, unless you need direct [shell/DB] access to your site, a shared server is likely quite okay (and dirty cheap).

[ROBOTRON]

I've been looking into this lately as a way to host some things i'm working on, but since i'm a n00b to this whole server shit, I was wondering if you guys could help point me in the right direction.
I was thinking of uploading my projects to a remote server and then letting people access them from there at a much faster speed.
I've google'd a few places and while the prices seem decent, I don't know what to look for and what to avoid in a host.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Wow.

I'm not very tech savvy but I do know you need some decent coin to own and maintain your own server (verses one backed by a company)....congrats.

I've only met a few people that owned their own servers...but they were doing something illegal (mid level dope guys, street numbers and scumbags that had online sports betting/gambling operations...you can tell i'm from Detroit, MI) lol.

Good luck with yours and I'm hoping you're not involved in anything like I mentioned above.