I first dove in to the web hosting world back in 2003 when I bought my first reseller hosting setup. It was instant love, I have a real passion for this.
It grew over time to multiple racks in a datacenter before I decided to sell (regret that).
I am now looking to get back into hosting, but still not sure how "deep" I want to go.
I am in Fayetteville, NC and probably still today the closest colocation availability is in Raleigh, NC.
The only "datacenter" I am aware of in Fayetteville is AIT, and I did have a few servers in colo there years back, not going that route again.
If I were to go the colo route, I would want to start out by utilizing a small footprint (2U-5U) and be able to grow from there (1/2 rack, full rack etc).
I am looking for recommendations in my area, again most likely Raleigh. I wish there were more options in Fayetteville but that does not seem to have changed over the past few years.
I appreciate any suggestions on where I should start to look.