I am going to have my first setup of DNN be 4.4.1 as I can't wait for 4.5 to release but I have some questions.

If I let a hosting company do an automated installation of DNN, will it be the same.  Will I have access to upgrade modules, install modified ones, upgrade to 4.5, etc?

What hosting companies are you using, or would you suggest.  These are the three I've seen advertised here:

AQuest @$25/,month
2 Domains included
1000MB Storage
40 GB data transfer
2 FTP
200 email accounts per domain
unlimited sub domains
400 MB SQL Server 2005

webhostforasp.net "developer" $12.00/month
Hosting 2 Web Sites on IIS 6.0
10 GB disk space
1 MSSQL 2005 Database (200 MB space)

webhost4life.com "advance plan" $9.95/month
2000 MB Diskspace
Unlimited Bandwidth traffice
MSSQL 2005 2000 mb

problem is that for a medium to large size website do I need more of a large database, or more storage in disk space.

Please Help.

Stephen

Stephen,

I recently moved to webhost4life for my hosting.  While my primary site runs on pure ASP, I was looking for someone who could run the latest version of DotNetNuke.

Their automated install runs like a charm, although they neglect to tell you that you need to give NETWORK SERVICE full permissions to that folder.  You can point multiple domains and subdomains to portals within your DNN site, unlike some other hosts (1and1).  They've also added some "branding" to the default skins.

In regards to space, my primary site includes screenshots and logos from the past 3 years from a computer game (City of Heroes).  There are close to 6500 pictures that the members have uploaded.  My total usage of disk space is about 800 MB.  While 2 GB might seem small compared to what some companies offer, it's fairly large.