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03-22-2013, 12:49 PM #1New Member
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VPS hosting directions
Hello,
I'm new in the VPS world and the experience is becoming horrible.
In the past i had a shared hosting re-seller account and started to have lots of mysql outages and very slow latency times in my websites.
So i decided it was time to move to a VPS, mainly because of one website with +150GB traffic.
I choose one of the best reviewed services and right after 5 days of happiness, the VPS went down 4 times in the following 5 days. Each time of 30 mins without connectivity
It's time to move again....
Do you think that with +200GB traffic / month, 6.000 visitors a day, a 512MB ram VPS is ok? Should i go for a dedicated server?
Which companies do you recommend? I'm concerned about speed, but downtimes for me is a no no
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03-22-2013, 12:52 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Are you using a control panel?
Is the VPS managed?
You might need more RAM.
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03-22-2013, 12:59 PM #3New Member
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Yes i'm using whm/cpanel and it is a managed VPS.
I've been checking the resources in the VPS and the server load is not that high.
The VPS is running on a 32 CPUs server and the server load in "rush hour" is around 0.8 to 1.3.
I was told by the hosting company that it's another customer in the same node that is causing the outages, but 4 times in 5 days without a definitive solution is way too much for me.
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03-22-2013, 01:08 PM #4Aspiring Evangelist
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Welcome to WHT Nitrate
Going from shared hosting to dedicated server is big loop in scaling. I would suggest to stay with vps unless you are expecting rapid traffic growth in the near future.
512 MB wouldn't do. If you have the budget, go with 2-4 GB VPS with reliable provider with proven track record. Best of luck in your search!-
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03-22-2013, 01:36 PM #5Temporarily Suspended
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Most cheap or discounted services fail sooner or later.
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03-22-2013, 01:46 PM #6KM Carpenter
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Take a look at Hudson Valley Host... I recently opened a VPS account with them. They have been extremely helpful in getting me setup and running smoothly (and they did this for me on my UNMANAGED account).
Their live chat is usually always online... I think it would be benificial to at least have a chat with their sales team.
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03-22-2013, 01:53 PM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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Maybe, try SupremeBytes.com, they are very helpful and are often online on live chat and have good pricing.
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03-22-2013, 02:15 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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03-22-2013, 02:22 PM #9New Member
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03-22-2013, 02:30 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Ah brutal honesty.
If you are ready to move, 3 options;
1. Managed - WiredTree, BigBrain
2. UnManaged - RamNode, Urpad
3. Look through the vps offers section and search through reviews.
I will say a possible a 4th viewpoint....sometimes even the most recommend host has a bad moment. Either from growing pains or an unexpected hardware/network issue. It's happens. Just make sure you have backups at every step of the way.Last edited by WPCYCLE; 03-22-2013 at 02:35 PM.
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03-22-2013, 02:34 PM #11Solid State
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Thanks 48-14!
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03-22-2013, 03:12 PM #12New Member
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03-22-2013, 04:01 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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ALL hosts go down sooner or later.
What I've learned about VPS hosts is that you can't judge a VPS host by its price tag. There are terrific budget VPS hosts, and there are terrible premium-priced VPS hosts.
Don't pay a high price for a VPS account then rest comfortably on the belief that you just bought your way out of any troubles. It doesn't work that way.
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03-22-2013, 07:14 PM #15Newbie
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Have you tried rebooting your vps yourself? If you wait for the hosting provider to correct the problem you'll be waiting a long time. My hosts once took my vps down to make some changes and didnt even check to make sure it got back up and running again. I've never waited on them since.
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03-24-2013, 02:47 AM #16Newbie
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The problem is not KVM vs Xen vs Openvz. The problem is port speed. That is where the packet loss is coming from because the port is maxed.
If the VPS is actually going down (your uptime is being reset) then that is a different issue of course. But if uptime is staying the same and VPS is going in and out, its packet loss.
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03-24-2013, 02:45 PM #17Disabled
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Virtualization and Cloud hosting are the future, dedicated servers do not have the more easy to use options as Virtualization does and also virtualized means alot cheaper licesning priices with most panels etc
VPS offers easy backups and restores and cloud environement makes it near impossible to ever lose your data if its properly setup.
If you want the most stable non-cloud solution I would be looking at VMWare vps and not Xen or KVM, or Virtuozzo container virtual hosting both much more stable and reliable then any of the ones hosts can setup for free or near free. Quality doesnt tend to go hand in hand with the word cheap.
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