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05-02-2011, 09:43 AM #1Newbie
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VPS required- detailed explanation of my needs
- Need USA based company and USA based data center
- Project - web site with 75,000 registered members. Each member has to log in a few times a year to complete training units (text, survey questions, maybe some streaming video, and some discussion forums). There is no particular time that users must log in but it may get lots of traffic around Nov/Dec due to user procrastination.
-Project Languages/Framework Asp.net 4, MVC 3, SQL Server. I could use SQL express but think SQL standard or web would be better long term. (your thoughts?)
-Server needs - not exactly sure but I am guessing a VPS or Dedicated. I really prefer to have it managed by the host. IMO it is money well spent. So at this point I don't think I need admin access but I might need it in the future incase a 3rd party graphing tool needs installed. I will need a dedicated certificate too. I don't need tons of storage space. I think 10-20 G should be fine. I would like backups with at least 14 day retention.
-Budget - $100 to $300 a month (includes hosting + service)
- I would a company that offers excellent support for my type of needs (a single vps or dedicated server). That is, I would be concerned hosting at a site that has a million $2.99 per month domains (too many small fish).
- I prefer a control panel like plesk over remote desktop.
- I would like hosting that does not keep the SQL server ports wide open. I would like a vpn or secure connection to enable management studio to connect.
- I would like to be able to to scale without having to reinstall/reconfigure everything. I want to be able to add ram/cpu allocation without too much hassle or move from a vps to a dedicated server. I think that I would need at most 1 dedicated server given the project size. Your thoughts on this too?
- And of course - I don't want the online help chat to change anything to my site without proper verification.
- Might have to be HIPAA compliant later but I would worry about this later.
I might think of some more requirements later. I am curious to see what is offered and if anyone can offer suggestions/experience based on my requirements.
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05-02-2011, 09:50 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Hi Jaybers,
Your budget definitely is great for your project and everything you require any VPS or Dedicated provider should be able to offer. I would recommend starting out with a dedicated server if you don't want the hassle to move from a VPS to a dedicated server, especially since the project is quite large and could potentially grow.
Do you have any specific processor, RAM and bandwidth requirements?
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05-02-2011, 10:35 AM #3Newbie
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One thing I did not point out is that 75000 person membership should be pretty stable. That is the number of people in the organization and I don't anticipate it growing more than say 2% or 3% each year.
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05-02-2011, 10:41 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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05-02-2011, 12:02 PM #5Newbie
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From my experience, based on that amount of users, you would most likely need to go with a dedicated server, especially since this would be a Windows solution which would require more processing power. If I were to name a company that would spring to mind after reading your requirements, it would be Lunarpages. Some might say their services are a bit pricey, but they are worth it as they do have excellent support and managed plans that you can add to your server so they would monitor it for you and install various software and such. Their upgrades are pretty seamless as they did almost everything for me when I had to upgrade from a VPS plan to a dedicated server some time ago. All in all, I would warmly recommend them as their Windows administrators do know what they're doing.
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05-02-2011, 12:04 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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I'd suggest you go with highend VPS or dedicated server.
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05-02-2011, 01:09 PM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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I would suggest going into a high-end XEN VPS; or a nice dedicated server.
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05-02-2011, 08:18 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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05-04-2011, 03:09 AM #9Disabled
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I recommend Up2VPS.com Windows VPS plans, they have Windows Server 2008, 2003, R2 version which will be a great help.
I also suggest you do go with a high-performance vps or a dedicated server, this will make sure it will fit your needs.
I hope this helps!
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05-04-2011, 04:24 AM #10Web Hosting Guru
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I think firehost might be exactly what you're looking for; it's scalable, fully managed, and HIPAA compliant. Another thing that might be worth looking at is rackspace cloud, but I think firehost is better fit, and will probably be cheaper.
I haven't use firehost, and I've used rackspace for email hosting, but as I said, they seem to fit your requirements.
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05-05-2011, 04:40 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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Yes, you should go with dedicated server (at least quad core) and 8 GB RAM. You can start with MS SQL workgroup edition. Check the offer section for good dedicated server offers at USA data center
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05-05-2011, 08:05 AM #12Newbie
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I agree that with your budget and requirements you will probably be better off with a managed dedicated server.
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05-05-2011, 11:29 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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I would look into this now. You may have to move the server if HIPAA is like PCI for financial information. The requirements can be really tough on some of these things, requiring the server to be in a locked cage and physically accessible only by bonded techs, etc. This requirement can severely limit who can host your server.
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05-05-2011, 07:39 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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