Just out of curiosity, is your current provider by chance BlackBaud Enterprise Solutions, or one of their many acquired products?
At my last position, I worked on moving the company from using BlackBauds 'CMS' which consistently threw 503 errors under even the slightest type of load. I would definitely be interested in providing you with some details and requirements for a server. It really does depend on, just like many others have said, what the expectations of your site are.
Do you have a ton of static content? Is it a dynamic environment with regular changes.
I would definitely look in the ways of a VPS, or some other system with root capabilities so you aren't bound by another institutions red tape etc. I know when I worked for a non-profit, just getting through internal red tape was a pain in the arse, and then getting through the red tape of BB was just as bad, if not worse.
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Just out of curiosity, is your current provider by chance BlackBaud Enterprise Solutions, or one of their many acquired products?
At my last position, I worked on moving the company from using BlackBauds 'CMS' which consistently threw 503 errors under even the slightest type of load. I would definitely be interested in providing you with some details and requirements for a server. It really does depend on, just like many others have said, what the expectations of your site are.
Do you have a ton of static content? Is it a dynamic environment with regular changes.
I would definitely look in the ways of a VPS, or some other system with root capabilities so you aren't bound by another institutions red tape etc. I know when I worked for a non-profit, just getting through internal red tape was a pain in the arse, and then getting through the red tape of BB was just as bad, if not worse.