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01-19-2007, 10:23 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Where next with my hosting?
I am wondering where to go with my hosting needs. I do not want to become a full time host myself. That is why I like to use reseller accounts, so someone else can maintain and look after the hosting while I concentrate on web development.
I have always got the impression that the next step up from a reseller account is a dedicated server. However, I have not really been keen on this as it means putting all of your web sites onto one server. I have over 100 web sites at present and putting them all on one server would surely be too much strain on it? By using Helm windows reseller hosting, the web sites are spread between different servers.
I am concerned about the lack of reliability with small hosting companies offering reseller accounts. They often start good and then go downhill. However, bigger companies may not always offer you the personal support that you need to get web sites working correct. You are just one of many many customers to them.
So I am wondering what to do for hosting. Do I continue with reseller accounts with small companies, or look for something else? What are my options?
My business model means that I am hopeful of increasing the number of low cost web sites I have for small to medium size companies upwards to perhaps 500. Should I look at the offerings of bigger hosting companies (like who - I'm in the UK)? Do they offer 'power' reseller accounts? Should I just open multiple reseller accounts, say a new reseller account for every 100 web sites, due to web space and bandwidth limitations? Are there other options?
Thanks for any help you can give.
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01-19-2007, 10:29 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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You might go with a managed VPS hosting solution. Knownhost is good, and I highly recommend them
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01-19-2007, 10:49 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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If you don't want to worry about the management side of things with a server I'd say multiple resellers is a good way to go. I know some of our customers have been doing that for quite a while opposed to going dedicated. The host x amount sites with us another amount with another host and just spread it around so that they do not have all accounts with on one server or even one host.
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01-19-2007, 11:36 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Thanks guys for the advice. Could you explain how a managed VPS account would work?
Do you agree having a dedicated server is a bad idea, if for example I had 500 small to medium company web sites, some of which may be fairly busy? Reseller accounts, while shared with other people, at least are spread about on different servers the way Helm works (which I'm currently using).
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01-19-2007, 11:39 AM #5Disabled
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500 sites? ....its worth that you get a good host or maybe a managed dedicated server indeed. this could better server your customer.
increase your server frm time to time when need.
this is what i would do.
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01-19-2007, 01:36 PM #6WHT Addict
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If what you're doing now isn't broken, then why fix it? Using dedicated, managed servers would be best, but it doesn't sound like something you're interested in. Maybe you should just stick with what you're doing now?
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01-19-2007, 01:59 PM #7Junior Guru
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i think you already have the right idea.
Considering your plans a goals then i think using reseller accounts its fine.- Steve D
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01-19-2007, 02:31 PM #8Texas Female
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Originally Posted by Stevio
Yes, and thats always been the attraction to the reseller accounts. It allows you the option to be able to offer hosting plans to your clients without added server expenses
I would say if it is working to your satisfaction now then stay at the same pace. The advantage you DO have is if you have multiple reseller accounts now you can easily compare the service you are getting from the multiple upstreams.HostCaters.com - Quality Web Hosting - Under A Gig! - Since 1999
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01-19-2007, 04:54 PM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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I would suggest going with Cirtex Hosting.. I have been using them for 2 months and they aren't perfect as far as uptime goes, but they have the best customer service I could imagine. They also have shared and reseller hosting. Plus they are pretty cheap
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01-19-2007, 07:00 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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01-19-2007, 08:16 PM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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01-19-2007, 09:41 PM #12Newbie
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I think as was said if it's not broke don't fix it.
Look at it like this, do you have time for your
web development and to be more involved with
the servers also?
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01-19-2007, 09:53 PM #13Web Hosting Rockstar
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01-20-2007, 02:32 PM #14Junior Guru Wannabe
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Fully managed dedicated server - costs a lot of money, both to the company managing it and for the software to run on it (or is that normally included in the cost), and all your sites are also on one server, but the advantage is you are not sharing the server with other people and their possibly dodgy web sites.
Reseller account - fully managed just like above but costs a lot lot less, but disadvantage is that your web sites are shared with other ppl's possibly dodgy web sites. A good company however should minimise any problems that occur like this. Your web sites are also shared across a number of servers so problems with one server do not lead to all your sites going down.
Fair summary?
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01-20-2007, 04:23 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Who to choose depends on the server load that your sites draw, among many other factors. If your Websites are mostly static HTML, I do not see why a shared hosting plan would not work for you.
Having said that, it seems as though reliability is very important to you - and I can see why: moving 500 sites is no easy task. Therefore, if it is in your budget, I think you could do really well with a dedicated server from one of the more reliable providers. The problem here is that most of the dedicated companies are either large, or small and not doing too well.
So it's definitely a hard call. I think the more important thing to focus on is not why type of hosting - as any type seems like it would work - but rather, what company to purchase from.
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01-20-2007, 04:53 PM #16Web Hosting Rockstar
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Originally Posted by Stevio
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01-20-2007, 05:11 PM #17Junior Guru
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I would say go VPS. Either that or find someone who can offer you a lot of redundant space cheap
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01-20-2007, 05:20 PM #18Eternal Member
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01-21-2007, 07:59 AM #19Aspiring Evangelist
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You could always get an unmanaged server from somewhere, and hire a management company, such as Platinum Server Management to keep everything up to date, they do good work, and adding it on to an unmanaged server is cheaper, they're only around $30.00 a month, last I heard.
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01-21-2007, 09:11 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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01-21-2007, 06:18 PM #21Aspiring Evangelist
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Very true. I know that PSM has their services very clearly outlined on their site, and I believe that there is X amount of hours spent per month per server, with additional hours purchased for X amount.-DPI
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01-21-2007, 06:40 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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01-21-2007, 06:43 PM #23Eternal Member
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