I am already using lunarpages basic hosting.

I am looking for a second hosting plan,as I have been asked to build a new site for a baseball association..... which is no big deal, but

what has me worried is that for a 2 week period every year  this website will get hit with about 80,000 hits per day.(this is what the current site gets for this 2 week period ...yearly)

ok so a basic plan would  handle the impending blogsite for the rest of the year it will have about 200+ members ...(currently the site is a static site, off season getting about 350 hits per day on average) the new site will be a blog style so will see more activity.

which plan is best for me,I have been looking at the linux vps I think it was 49.95 per month 512 mb memory.

things I require as a volunteer: doing this site

linux with apache and cpanel...unless someone can convince me that LPCP is as good ...my main concern here is one klik fantastico installation of word press and any other software required....I do not want to learn another server panel if I can help it


the server doesnt crash in this 2 week period with that much traffic

questions...
can a starter plan be upgraded for a month during this heavy traffic time? say from vps starter to pro.....or ?

is there anything different in using a vps server to the basic plan I am using now?

do I need VPS?  will a buisiness plan work for this situation?

any and all opinions will be appreciated.

I need to decide and figure this out ASAP to get to work on the new site

steve


 

I have no clue which scripts , services , databases, have been used in the past nor which I will need in the future......due to lack of experience on my part

 the 80,000 hits per day is people refreshing the site looking at scores and scheduling from baseball tournaments....5 tourneys in total running concurrently, people also peruse around the site mostly in the photo galleries....to a layman...me ,It doesnt seem as though it would be that server intensive ....but that is why I am asking here.

I guess my fear is that I was told the system crashed in the past ,currently the site is on a private,self hosted, I believe dedicated server (no clue of the specs) ... from a members business ,and probably wouldn't be able to find out, Ill guess that it is quite old  though.

thanks for the help
   

G

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