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[~Sophie~]

Hmm, Im tossing up between a dedicated and VPS.

I dont know if a VPS will be sufficient, and how to tell what i need?

Our site has 60,000 members and uses a shedload of CPU, memory, and transfers approx 100gb bandwidth (Which i expect to double soon).

We get 1,000,000 server requests per day, for dynamic images, 10kb in size.

We obviously want a good price, so are thinking of a VPS - the attraction is that it would be better managed than a dedicated, is this correct?

We want something comprehensivelyl managed.

Any ideas/info, will be much appreciated!

Thankyou

~Sophie~

[Joshua]

What is your price range, and what exactly do you mean by "comprehensively managed"? These days, every company has their own definition of what "managed" means.

[layer0]

You can look into a servint.net VPS which is basically Fully Managed. Perhaps their signature VPS will be a good choice for you.

[Brannix]

VPS could cater your requirement as i don't see your activities needed much machine resource.

For better mangement.. you might want to look for VPS package comes with control panel.

[Maxo]

I would advise getting the VPS package and then upgrading the the dedicated server in the company if you see a requirement.

As for "comprehensively managed" as Joshua said, everyone has different understanding on that issue.

[gilbert]

well even though i sell VPS id still prolly tell you to go find someone selling dedicated servers or at least thats my advise

i've told someone just recently that and they wanted the VPS so where trying it out this week

[dkitchen]

You're going to need a dedicated, if there's one thing VPS's lack in, it's CPU. I take it your site is a database site?

If so, 1 million requests per day will just kill your vps

Dan

[~Sophie~]

Thanks Everyone,

Dan, thanks - you're right, it uses HEAPS Of CPU.

We actually decided on a Dedicated with allmanaged - so far so good

Thanks!