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01-07-2007, 04:48 PM #76Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by JohnCrowley
“overselling” little amateurs on WHT I’ll give ya a job – the day I see a link in your signature I’ll know it’s time : )- seriously, anyone that has been in the business for more than 5 or 6 years knows what overselling is and is not- the humorous, uninformed and continual conjecture here is funny yet telling…. We know that sold resources in a shared environment are rarely fully utilized- percentages vary depending upon brand service offering and clients- OverSELLING is simply marketing this utilization instead of using the allocations to MANAGE the aggregate service layer performance- small hosts that have no other marketing vehicles and budget started the trend, and lacked the understanding of basic business to know it is unsustainable- but of late it’s been fun to force even more downward pricing pressures in the provisioning side to force upstream providers of all the little hosts to share the pain : ) BTW I agree with your historic precedents- how long do you think small and mid-sized upstream providers of resold accounts and maxed out desktop 'dedcated servers" can continue along this curve? I betting about another 8-10 months- I’ve actually modified and reallocated some marketing budget Q2-3 to instead of brand, promote and attract customers, force pricing pressure on resold reseller hosts- forcing them out of the game and using strong brand recognition to increase market share of dislocated customers Q1 08- cheaper and more fun than doing lame acquisitions of dying hosts. You're right the only little hosts that are scared are the ones that have a modicum of industry sense and visibility, the rest are dead and don’t even know it yet.
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01-07-2007, 05:02 PM #77Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Crucial Web Host
Doesn't really matter how thin you want to slice it. A single client on a dedicated server is more secure than 100 clients on a well managed server. And I can give you 99 reasons why if you would like.
The problems start when shared providers start "overloading" their servers with too many clients, offer too much for too little forcing every ounce of resources to be used per server, etc... Responsible shared hosting backed by good planning and oversight can match and often exceed what a dedicated server can provide in terms of dollars spent per what is received. I won't argue that the "grass is red" when it comes to overall security and being the only website on a server.
There's a billion threads around here that explain why no host is hacker proof - I could pull up any one of them and use the pages of arguments by what seems like everyone who agrees - hosts get hacked.
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01-07-2007, 05:04 PM #78Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by cowabunga
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01-07-2007, 05:05 PM #79Web Hosting Master
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Mr Crowley,
You and I sir, are in complete agreement.
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01-07-2007, 10:11 PM #80Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by layer0
And you and even John have some fear.
Originally Posted by layer0
I wouldn't put ciritical thing on shared hosts.
I would even hesitate a lot to put credit card info on a shared hosting server, and probably won't do that.
(And I wouldn't put ciritical thing on non-redundant servers.)
So, bringing "critical" site for the sake of discrediting overselling seems funny argument to me.
Originally Posted by layerd0
If a serious client decides to put a "critical" app on a shared server, maybe it wans't that critical after all, the person in charge of the project wans't very knowledgable, or the host have misinformed the client, and so on.0
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01-07-2007, 10:14 PM #81Web Hosting Master
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Perhaps another reason is that the client wasn't properly educated during the sales process and was led to believe that somehow this shared environment was good for their critical app.
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01-07-2007, 10:17 PM #82Web Hosting Master
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What a great thread, cowabunga, JohnCrowley and Andrew with some great posts. One day I'll actually figure out half of what cowabunga posts.
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01-07-2007, 10:24 PM #83Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by JohnCrowley
In other words, your theory of 'OMG "oversellers" destroying hosting industry' becomes shaky.
I would say it's the smaller oversellers accusing larger oversellers to create the chasm of "them" and "us" so that "it makes us look more reasonable and sound."
Basically, it's a scare tactics and fear propaganda in its essence.
Not much different from "hate the islam" or "hate the jews" type of fanatic mass manipulation campaign, IMO.
Reducing the complex matter to a single not-well-defined term of "overselling" IS a marketing ploy.
And it's not something that contributes for "education".Last edited by extras; 01-07-2007 at 10:28 PM.
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01-07-2007, 10:37 PM #84Eternal Member
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Cartika, for example, is scared about DreamHost, IMO.
And you and even John have some fear.
Well, I wouldn't put ciritical thing on low budget hosts.
I wouldn't put ciritical thing on shared hosts.
I would even hesitate a lot to put credit card info on a shared hosting server, and probably won't do that.
(And I wouldn't put ciritical thing on non-redundant servers.)
So, bringing "critical" site for the sake of discrediting overselling seems funny argument to me.
More users = more chance of them causing the server to crash and just overall high load on the server and more pressure on the hardware. Make sense so far?
Please define to me what a redundant solution is, by the way. I remember previously that you don't have a very accurate perception of this.
CartikaHosting, a provider that I mentioned in specific, is a proven provider of premium hosting solutions that are suitable for hosting critical sites. This is my opinion, but it is also backed by their excellent reliability. Credit card details are stored in the payment processor, not the site -- so you misunderstood.
What I AM referring to is a CRM, project manager, ticket system, or any such application that a business' daily operations depend upon. This is critical.
Unless it's well monitored and controlled, shared hosting server can be slowed down or even crashed by a single user.
If a serious client decides to put a "critical" app on a shared server, maybe it wans't that critical after all, the person in charge of the project wans't very knowledgable, or the host have misinformed the client, and so on.
Quoting Andrew;
I can tell you with certainty that GM Canada, A Division of Sprint and Habitat for Humanity have outsourced their CRM applications and are hosting them in a shared environment - wonder why that is?Last edited by layer0; 01-07-2007 at 10:42 PM.
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01-07-2007, 10:40 PM #85Web Hosting Master
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01-07-2007, 10:52 PM #86Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by extras
We're not scaring our clients into hosting with us. When reasonable business minded folks see so much being offered for so little, they wonder why, and what's the catch? They choose us not because we cajoled or badgered them into it, but because they made an "educated" decision as to what type of host suits their needs best. I cannot speak for others.
I'm not saying the Paris Hilton fan club sites should not use a budget minded highly oversold host, as obviously there is a market for it. But what I do disagree with is offering that which cannot be provisioned for a typical website that the marketing department is tailoring their campaign towards. To bring it back around to the airline analogy that everyone seems to like, it's like an airline saying "we'll let you and 1000 of your closest friends fly on this super jumbo jet to wherever you'd like for $99". It isn't a realistic offer, as the weight limit might be exceeded for the plane due to FAA regulations, or whatever other TOS violation precludes such use. But the airline figures they'll win, as who really has 1,000 friends?
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01-07-2007, 11:52 PM #87Web Hosting Master
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There's a line that a host crosses when they say TB and $5.xx in the same sentence. But, that's quite a bit different than those of us who fit your defination of overselling - however incorrectly defined you have it.
We can simply offer a better value to our clients by cost averaging our resources to our client base. Maybe this really isnt overselling at all and some people are just using the term to broadly. I think the market will ultimately be the judge. You can already see the masses leaving these bigger jokester oversellers - We got a few from site5 and DW in just the past couple weeks. The gig is just about up for these guys and you can just read the reviews in this forum to see that.
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01-08-2007, 12:08 AM #88Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by Aussie Bob
Ok it's really simple there are currently three type of hosts in the shared space-
1. Little overselling hosts that compete purely on marketing large provisioning which they hope will never be used (as they cannot control their service architecture to the point of delivery) and extreme low pricing; they hide behind restrictive TOS's, template websites, reseller accounts and no marketing power -at all; for the most part they will begin to disappear in increasingly greater numbers in the next year- these are the road kill of the industry and unfortunately in toto host many clients which will ultimately suffer… these are the “oversellers’
2. The established hosts of various sizes and market focus which understand that there will ALWAYS be unused resources in a shared environment and rather than try to sell and market this utilization manage their network, servers/customer density and overall "customer experience" more efficiently resulting in higher retention, customer satisfaction and generally a longer term prognosis in terms of industry staying power= read they are mostly immune to price fluctuations and have effective marketing alongside significant customer referral contribution to sales- These a re not oversellers, they’re over-managers- Right John?
3. The third flavor is most interesting personally- large and to an extent medium established sized hosts which are playing the price game, but for different reasons than #1. They seem to be lumped into the #1 discussions for some reason beyond me… They have large multi - 100k- million dollar marketing budgets, datacenters, extreme market reach and brand recognition. They deliver what they promise- mostly. They are currently forcing downward pricing pressure to force small unqualified players out of the market. These larger hosts typically sign up 70 -200+ customers a day and have so consistently regardless of price point or provisioning. Day in and day out- Acquiring hosts is no longer the way to grow- force them out of business and collect the customer fallout- these large hosts are not immune by any means to market conditions as many large hosts are on the market and have been for some time waiting for more favorable valuations; they no longer want to play or they’ve run out of time based on ill-advised acquisitions and poor management in the face of thin margins and escalating customer organic acquisition costs- Interland was a great example and there are many others.
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01-08-2007, 01:16 AM #89Location = SoapBox
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Originally Posted by extras
Cartika, for example, is scared about DreamHost, IMO.
Originally Posted by extras
...Basically, it's a scare tactics and fear propaganda in its essence.
Not much different from "hate the islam" or "hate the jews" type of fanatic mass manipulation campaign, IMO.www.cartika.com
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