Sysadmin service recommendation for setup & maintenance?
I'm looking for a service that can set up instances, monitoring, backup, configuration management, etc, for maybe a half dozen servers to start, and help us grow and/or migrate to dedicated machines in the future. I'd also like 24/7 coverage for system availability and 1st tier support for any application issues (slowdowns, failures, etc; not end-user helpdesk stuff). The ideal service could also help with Postgres failover, replication, backup & recovery.
When I say service, what I'm really concerned about is not relying on just one or two people.
I'm imagining that we'd pay an hourly or day rate for initial setup and major upgrades, and then some sort of retainer for the ongoing coverage.
(We use ubuntu, nginx, ruby/rails, postgres, rabbitmq, and a custom service we've written in C/C++)
Thanks.