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[925silver4u]

Hi,

My webhost (asmallorange) has told me that my website's traffic is too much for shared hosting; and recommends me to upgrade to a VPS.

I need to run the following:

1. cPanel
2. Ruby on Rails
3. oscommerce (high traffic website).

What specifications should I go for.


Any recommendations on where to get a reliable managed VPS would be much appreciated as well.

[Justin - A1isp]

Why be restricted by the loads placed bo 10 or 20 other server users. If yo have high volume, woudl you not be better off geting a dedicated server or hosting your own somewhere? You will not be restriced by what anyone else does then!

Regards,

J

[KnownHost]

A dedicated may be the best way to go based on your needs. My 2 cents.

-Jay

[tsj5j]

You should ask how high exactly is your traffic.

Some hosts using suExec can give you the CPU and RAM usage of your sites.

[The-REV]

Originally Posted by 925silver4u

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Any recommendations on where to get a reliable managed VPS would be much appreciated as well.

I'm not sure if "a reliable managed VPS" really exist...Various web hosting companies are offering managed VPS, but I saw not yet any total managed VPS. If you are running ecommerce I suggest a dedicated server with 1G BRAM, two HDD in raid and a reliable external backup with FTP access and also a SSH encryption. VPS runs fine, like a server, but have problems with swap file and is not the ideal for ecommerce.

[tsj5j]

Dedicated servers will be managed better than VPSes.

However, such a high spec-ed machine is much more expensive than VPSes.
Moreover, VPSes run on better hardware.

Reliable managed VPSes do exist, check around as there are quite a few.
To reduce RAM usage, you can dump Apache for something else lighter.

[budman714]

Cpanel is a bit bloated you could opt for a lighter control panel, and dump apache for something else like light-httpd. It is possible to get a managed VPS, but usually most of those will have the same restrictions on bandwidth as a higher end shared package. In such cases you would need to look towards a "Premium VPS" service where you can get more bandwidth, but the costs will be near a small dedicated. Can you specify how much bandwidth you were using and will need? If you can give us a ballpark we may be able to give you better advice tailored to what you actually require.

[CD Burnt]

Originally Posted by 925silver4u

Hi,

My webhost (asmallorange) has told me that my website's traffic is too much for shared hosting; and recommends me to upgrade to a VPS.

.....


Any recommendations on where to get a reliable managed VPS would be much appreciated as well.

have you asked asmallorange? they know your site. might as well give them a chance to keep your business.

[925silver4u]

Originally Posted by tsj5j

You should ask how high exactly is your traffic.

Some hosts using suExec can give you the CPU and RAM usage of your sites.

I am being told that I am using over 30% of server resources. I am not even sure if its technically possible.