richardhay
11-02-2004, 10:25 AM
Hello everyone:
I am the owner of a relatively small company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (12 employees). We are wanting to move to a dedicated server, but we have no idea what we need. I've visited WHT a lot and value the information that I read, so I was hoping that someone (or several people) would read through our situation and be willing to offer system suggestions (speed, ram, etc). Also, if you know of a host that we should check out, please let me know.
Thanks for any help you provide. Here's our situation...
We are not a web hosting company. Rather, we are a company that custom programs MySQL databases with PHP frontends for learning centers at various universities around the country. The databases handle scheduling and recordkeeping at the centers.
We are currently serving the databases off of a virtual hosting account. The problem is that, as we add databases to the account, our clients are experiencing longer and longer lag times in accessing their data. Also, the company with whom we've been hosting has been having some technical trouble taking us off line for hours at a time, several times a month. They also have a constant server load of about 5-9!
So, we are now looking for a dedicated server from which we can run our operations. But, as we are not a web hosting company and do not have any server admins as part of our staff, we don't really know what we need. Here's what we do know:
1. We currently serve about 100 MySQL databases. We expect that number to go up to 200 late in 2005.
2. We currently transfer about 50GB per month. We expect that number to go up to 100GB late in 2005.
3. The biggest concern is that the system must be reliable. The next biggest concern is that it is able to serve MySQL requests quickly.
4. While we are not a hosting company, we do host sites for some of our clients (about 20 sites). Therefore, we would like Cpanel and, if possible, the ability to have branded nameservers (ns1.therichco.com for example).
5. As far as disk space goes, we are barely using 1GB right now, so this probably isn't an issue.
6. We have been in business since 1995, but are relatively new at online databases. The market is open for our product and we expect a steady growth. We would like to start out with a capable server that can either be upgraded in the future or replaced with a better server when this side of our business gets substantially bigger. In other words, I don't want to put out a ton of money right now for the best server out there, knowing that I can always get a second server in the future if the need be.
Thanks so much!
Richard
I am the owner of a relatively small company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (12 employees). We are wanting to move to a dedicated server, but we have no idea what we need. I've visited WHT a lot and value the information that I read, so I was hoping that someone (or several people) would read through our situation and be willing to offer system suggestions (speed, ram, etc). Also, if you know of a host that we should check out, please let me know.
Thanks for any help you provide. Here's our situation...
We are not a web hosting company. Rather, we are a company that custom programs MySQL databases with PHP frontends for learning centers at various universities around the country. The databases handle scheduling and recordkeeping at the centers.
We are currently serving the databases off of a virtual hosting account. The problem is that, as we add databases to the account, our clients are experiencing longer and longer lag times in accessing their data. Also, the company with whom we've been hosting has been having some technical trouble taking us off line for hours at a time, several times a month. They also have a constant server load of about 5-9!
So, we are now looking for a dedicated server from which we can run our operations. But, as we are not a web hosting company and do not have any server admins as part of our staff, we don't really know what we need. Here's what we do know:
1. We currently serve about 100 MySQL databases. We expect that number to go up to 200 late in 2005.
2. We currently transfer about 50GB per month. We expect that number to go up to 100GB late in 2005.
3. The biggest concern is that the system must be reliable. The next biggest concern is that it is able to serve MySQL requests quickly.
4. While we are not a hosting company, we do host sites for some of our clients (about 20 sites). Therefore, we would like Cpanel and, if possible, the ability to have branded nameservers (ns1.therichco.com for example).
5. As far as disk space goes, we are barely using 1GB right now, so this probably isn't an issue.
6. We have been in business since 1995, but are relatively new at online databases. The market is open for our product and we expect a steady growth. We would like to start out with a capable server that can either be upgraded in the future or replaced with a better server when this side of our business gets substantially bigger. In other words, I don't want to put out a ton of money right now for the best server out there, knowing that I can always get a second server in the future if the need be.
Thanks so much!
Richard