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07-14-2005, 04:56 AM #1Newbie
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A VPS designed to deal with 'slashdotting'
So a VPS gives you some share of a nice machine, with the ability to burst to use more of it if others aren't using the resources, and that seems like a good arrangement.
But in browsing around I haven't seen too much talk about what I really want a VPS to do -- handle a big spike, such as when a site is slashdotted or otherwise getting a day worth of heavy traffic.
Ideally you want to buy your VPS capacity to handle your average load including typical peaks, and you want everybody else on the system the same way. But if you do get a sudden spike, then you would want to be temporarily moved to a system that is mostly or entirely your own. And your neighbours on the VPS would like you moved there too. When the spike fades, you go back. If it doesn't fade after a moderate amount of time, you also go back, throttled and get told you might have to buy more capacity.
To my mind this would be better than a dedicated server on a slower machine such as the 2.4ghz celery that are common out there. Because if you buy one of those to deal with your typical traffic and peaks, no way it can handle the slashdotting.
So, any company do something like this?
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07-14-2005, 08:50 AM #2Aspiring Evangelist
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When the spike fades, you go back. If it doesn't fade after a moderate amount of time, you also go back, throttled and get told you might have to buy more capacityEuroVPS - Europe's Fully Managed Hosting
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07-14-2005, 08:56 AM #3Eternal Member
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Do you mean you're looking for the Rapid Reflex approach for a VPS?
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07-14-2005, 01:52 PM #4Newbie
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Yes. something like rapid reflex is what I'm looking for (that seems to be for more ordinary shared hosting, not for a full root-access VPS from what I can see.) If all the major providers (I was thinking of using powervps) do this, I am surprised they don't promote it more.
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07-14-2005, 02:28 PM #5Eternal Member
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I don't think all VPS providers regularily practice this and the purpose of moving your VPS over to a new host node would probably just be to lighten the load on the other. All VPS providers allow you burst except some start dampening your performance. PowerVPS doesn't practice this dampening which makes them a better chouce. LiquidWeb puts less VPSes per host node which is also great. I think a Power-2 from PowerVPS or a VPS2 from LiquidWeb will support your needs pretty well.
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07-14-2005, 08:06 PM #6Web Hosting Rockstar
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Originally posted by bradtem
Yes. something like rapid reflex is what I'm looking for (that seems to be for more ordinary shared hosting, not for a full root-access VPS from what I can see.) If all the major providers (I was thinking of using powervps) do this, I am surprised they don't promote it more.Simpli Networks, LLC :: http://www.simplinetworks.com :: Proudly 100% Owned.
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