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    Is cheapest VPS still better than shared hosting?

    Is the cheapest VPS available still better than going with shared hosting?

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    It depends, I would say yes a cheap VPS might be better than a Shared Hosting plan, 1 because you get more acesses and power to the server. Also because your on a ip and not on a crowded server.

    In some ways it can't because you can pay less money for shared hosting and get a better plan on your spectations such as disk space, and bandwidth, etc..

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    VPS with less resource is no better than shared hosting.

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    Hmm I see......

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    Quote Originally Posted by praveenkv1988 View Post
    VPS with less resource is no better than shared hosting.
    All depends on the VPS.. It also depends on what you're running. If you require root access, install options, then a VPS is the way to go.

    On the other hand like praveen mentioned, some providers sell VPS' as low as 200mhz. Unless you're with an incredibly oversold shared hosting provider, you're likely to have way more resources than that available for serving pages.
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    Depending on the resources of the VPS and the needs of your website(s).

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    Quote Originally Posted by dax702 View Post
    Is the cheapest VPS available still better than going with shared hosting?
    See http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showpo...6&postcount=13

    "If I understand the stats correctly, it seems like the low-cost shared hosting account is better than the VPS I have? Man, this is disappointing!"

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    Cheapest VPS are usually for utility hosting like DNS hosting and sorts.

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    Well, If you get a cheap VPS from a reputable hosting company I would suggest you to go with VPS then.

    Is your site is more busy? How many visits a day?

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    http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/yes-yo...mb-link-1-vps/
    You can squeeze out quite a bit from a "cheapest VPS" if you run lighttpd with optimizations to mysql and php and nothing else.

    I'd still go for shared hosting if you're looking to pay $5 or so, you get a lot more for the money e.g imap, webmail, spamassasin, control panel and the joy that everything is ready to use.

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    I can allocate $25 per month for hosting if that helps. I will be running Joomla and some of its extensions and LiveCart for the shopping cart.

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    In an ideal world where the cheapest VPS wasn't on a heavily oversold node that crashed every couple of days, yes.

    In the real world there's still a place for shared hosting. I would never recommend going with a $5 VPS host -- that's just asking for trouble.
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    Well, the cheap VPS might be better if you have some experience of technical and server management level. If you are totally new then its better to start with shared. Actually its also depends on your disk space and bandwidth requirements.
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    IMO, yes, cheaper VPS is better than Shared Hosting. It allows you to get full root access. You may install any applications you want. What else do you need for a cheaper cost?

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    In most cases, no. A cheap VPS on poor quality hardware with only 256MB of RAM will tend to be slower, less reliable and less scalability (headroom) than decent quality shared hosting.

    The only reason to go for a cheap VPS is if you absolutely need the flexibility/control - ideally, you should go for a quality provider that has good support and uses good, non-overloaded hardware (pretty much the same criteria for shared hosting).
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    Quote Originally Posted by MatH View Post
    IMO, yes, cheaper VPS is better than Shared Hosting. It allows you to get full root access. You may install any applications you want. What else do you need for a cheaper cost?
    Does it improve performance? Most of the time, no.

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    Depends on the kind of things you want to use it for.

    If you're literally just looking to host your sites on it, then it's probably not worth the effort you'd have to put into the initial setup & maintenance.
    However, if you need the freedom to do what you like with the server e.g. say you need to compile some extra PHP extensions, install that additional program you wanted, etc. then in that case it is worth while.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dax702 View Post
    Is the cheapest VPS available still better than going with shared hosting?
    Obviously, in terms on flexibility and resources, VPS more advantage compare to shared hosting. However, in order to operate your VPS, you need minimum technical skills.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jeff-ay View Post
    Obviously, in terms on flexibility and resources, VPS more advantage compare to shared hosting. However, in order to operate your VPS, you need minimum technical skills.
    How? Shared hosting can be just as flexible. If it wasnt for such harshly oversold shared providers, there wouldnt be this large movement for cheap and budget vps solutions. But now theyre even ruining that by harshly overselling. It's a never ending cycle, people just want to know they arent going to be miss managed. And people have ruined both aspects of it. And people such as you with that statement have the miss informed believing that they have to have a vps to avoid being on slow over cramped servers.

    The only advantage is for people who want to install their own applications. The whole idea of the vps was to get a nice medium between shared hosting and dedicated hosting. But you have people skipping the shared hosting aspect.

    I personally would rather be on semi dedicated shared hosting. I know what my resources are, I know only a certain number of clients are also on board, and I know I'm getting what I'm paying for. And the server management aspect is taken care of. But its sad people dont see it that way and semi didicated hosting is a dying breed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dax702 View Post
    Is the cheapest VPS available still better than going with shared hosting?
    It's a big difference between vps and vps.
    I have try some small vps to rune some tests on,
    some vps run very well, and someone you can't use at all.

    Take a look in http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=409584
    fore some performance reports.


    Good luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by B r a n d o n
    How? Shared hosting can be just as flexible. If it wasnt for such harshly oversold shared providers, there wouldnt be this large movement for cheap and budget vps solutions.
    This is what we called "flexibility". Can you control your provider not oversell? Unless you have your own server!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jeff-ay View Post
    This is what we called "flexibility". Can you control your provider not oversell? Unless you have your own server!
    In the same vein, can you control your provider not to use horribly overloaded hardware for VPS?

    Some cheap providers are using low-end CPUs (perhaps only dual core), 8GB RAM and one or two SATA disks and think they can host 30 x 256MB VPSs - they think the only limitation to how many VPSs they can put on a system is the RAM.
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    Overall I do agree with you.

    Quote Originally Posted by dazmanultra View Post
    In the same vein, can you control your provider not to use horribly overloaded hardware for VPS?
    It is depends on what base you are in.
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    Your question is way too broad. Are there low end VPS's out there that are better then shared hosting? Sure. Just as there are higher end (and priced) VPS's out there that are no better (and some even worse) then shared.

    The question gets more complicated (as some have suggested) by your specific needs. Do you need root access? Do you need support? Etc... So while a cheap VPS may provide you with root access if you don't need it then having it doesn't make one better then shared hosting. On the other side a VPS may give you better performance but if the low end VPS comes with little or no support and you need hand holding then what is better for you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dazmanultra View Post
    In the same vein, can you control your provider not to use horribly overloaded hardware for VPS?

    Some cheap providers are using low-end CPUs (perhaps only dual core), 8GB RAM and one or two SATA disks and think they can host 30 x 256MB VPSs - they think the only limitation to how many VPSs they can put on a system is the RAM.
    Thank you. Completely where I was going with my little paragraph.

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