What I recommend for you is to go with a VPS for now. Although finances aren't a problem - go with something that's relatively easier to manage, and something you would get much more support with without management. With VPS, you also have the option of managing it through a web based control panel - which you don't always get with a dedicated server. Many providers like myself have either a RAID 5, or RAID 10 setup to provide full mirroring of the data. Also, I agree that you get much better resource sharing on a VPS - than with some Pentium 3 dedicated server somewhere else. I hope that helps a bit, and if you need anything else feel free to shoot me an email at jfasone(at)steadcom.com