Hi, As Mr.Mohan has suggested you can start with a shared hosting and later think of a dedicated server.
Just look at the following: No of seconds in a day : 86400 No of hits you are expecting : 1000 So no of hits per second :1000/86400 = 0.0115 hits/sec Even if you consider 10000 hits per day (10 times more than what you have written), no of hits/sec will be .115 hits This will be nothing for a computer. The only downside for this would be - you may not get what you want like say a PostgreSQL DB in a shared hosting or something like that. So, if you are trying to spend almost what Hostgator Dedicated Server cost is you can go for a VPS as there are lot many advantages with that, IMO. Have a look at the following link : http://www.lowendbox.com/ I have tried this link and got a very good deal so you may also get it and it will be cheaper than Linode. I have been using a VPS for my experiments since last 5-6 months and I am happy with that. I got a deal for Rs.225/- per month with Single Core with 1GB RAM and 50GB HDD. Best of luck! - With Best Regards* TSS Ravi Kumar * _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc