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08-12-2009, 01:16 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Your Dream VPS?
Hey Guys/Gals,
Just wondering what features would you be looking at for your dream vps say under £15/month.
E.g, FTP Backup, IP's etc etc
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08-12-2009, 01:24 PM #2WebHostingTalk Lover
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Definitely storage/bandwidth/ram are the top 3 components for most users that are fairly experienced, but i think most importantly it is speed/reliability of the VPS & Network
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08-12-2009, 01:48 PM #4Web Hosting Guru
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I would like to see larger hard drive space offered, currently bandwidth and ram are fine.
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08-13-2009, 05:35 PM #5WHT Addict
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I personally prefer getting more RAM instead of others.
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08-13-2009, 07:19 PM #7Corporate Member
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uptime (hardware, network, infrastructure) is a must whether one's paying $1 or $1k. I personally don't care much about resources but it would nice to have an intelligent support crew.
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08-13-2009, 07:22 PM #8Junior Guru
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08-13-2009, 07:41 PM #10Web Hosting Guru
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Good support and RAM over other things.
It's annoying when hosts charge a lot for RAM which really is a cheap one off purchase!
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08-13-2009, 08:25 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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08-13-2009, 08:30 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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ram & disk space
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RAM, uptime, & support. In order of importance.
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08-14-2009, 05:32 AM #14Web Hosting Guru
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I'm looking at Windows VPSs, and I know this is for Linux as its under £15 a month but for example, Windows really requries 1GB of RAM, could get away at a push with 512MB.
2GB of registered ECC memory is only £25. Why do hosts charge an extra £20 a month to upgrade from 1GB to 2GB of RAM, its just not on.
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08-14-2009, 06:30 AM #15Managed VPS Experts
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Bandwidth and RAM . And of course a good network.
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08-14-2009, 08:02 AM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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For the provider selection, my choice would be: ( I would not buy 17 Euro VPS, but
now that you asked for it)
Resources:
Dedicated network speed (2 Mbps) , unlimited (within reasonable limits)
Good network connections ( premium bandwidth, no el cheapo )
300M RAM
20GB HD
0,5 GHz CPU dedicated
For 50 Euros, my preferred setup would be
Dedicated network speed 10 Mbps, unlimited (within reasonable limits)
Good network connections ( premium bandwidth, no el cheapo )
1024 MB
60GB HD
1,5 Ghz CPU dedicated
Preferably Xen VPS
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08-14-2009, 08:07 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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- 100 GB of Ram
- 100 TB of Storage
- 24x7x365 unique mobile/cell number for my own direct access to the CEO
- 150% Uptime (yeah, pay me back extra if I cant access my VPS, even if it's my own fault for not plugging my home network)
- 10TB Dedicated bandwidth, unmetered
- $9.99 /month
ho yeah, I do want fries with that ...
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08-14-2009, 09:02 AM #18WHT Addict
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Different disc space/bandwidth ratio. Not 1:10, but 1:2, since I mostly use smaller VPS for private purposes (backups, SVN server, file server, etc.).
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You're not just paying for the extra physical RAM - you're paying for an equivalently larger proportion of the host node that your VPS is hosted on.
So if you have a host node with 16GB of RAM, you might put for example 15 x 1GB VPS on the node. Equivalently, you might only get 7 x 2GB VPS on that same node - therefore to maintain the profit margin, the host must charge 1.5-2x the price for a 1GB VPS. In most circumstances, with a RAM upgrade you'd get an equivalently larger share of CPU and extra disk space too.Darren Lingham - Stablepoint Hosting
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08-14-2009, 01:02 PM #20Web Hosting Guru
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Yes I do understand that however rather than having servers with 16GB of RAM, why not have 64GB RAM servers
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08-15-2009, 04:39 AM #23WHT Addict
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Add to that that those 128 VPS share at most 8 CPU cores. That 16 VPS with 512MB RAM per core, meaning that, say a core is 2.4 Ghz on an Intel Xeon CPU, you get a stunning 0.15 Ghz each! That's 150 Mhz!
That's why I don't go with guys like GeekStorage or something. They mash a large number of users on a really oversold VPS node, which is quite large.
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08-15-2009, 04:47 AM #24Grand Nagus
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My dream VPS would cost a lot more than £15/month, closer to £30 (around USD 50).
What's your budget?
Seriously, what's your budget?
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08-15-2009, 10:41 AM #25WHT Addict
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1. Good network has to be #1 for me, I've had so much trouble with my host's network, that's the only thing that's caused actual downtime, as long as you have SSH access you can fix most things, but if the network goes down, you're stuck.
2. RAM - 512Mb is a minimum as far as I'm concerned, my VPS usually wanders around the 400Mb mark, if I had another VPS just for Email/SPAM/AV, then I could probably manage with less on the webserver/database VPS - might be an idea actually, hmmm.....
3. Fast support turnaround and good knowledge. Nothing more frustrating than having a problem that your host doesn't seem to be able to fix and takes ages doing, that's pretty much the main reason I've switched hosts before.
4. Enough privileges. root access is essential, iptables and clock access are pretty much too, plus some kernel access like via sysctl/proc, a terminal server is nice for when you accidently type 'iptables -F' over SSH
5. Backup. A complete backup of your VPS which could very quickly be moved to another host node is nice, OK you should backup your files, but I think VPS backup in case of disk failure is the responsibility of the host - as you can't really backup an entire VPS over SSH, you really want to write to the host node's drive.
6. More than one upstream ISP connection would be good too - I remember when I colo'd in London, some idiots put the network kit in the basement below water level next to the Thames river, so frequently you'd just be offlined.
7. If it was a colo not a VPS I'd strongly suggest you get a host with flexible physical access policy, the people I was with insisted you go with them to do something to your server, so they sat there drumming their fingers whilst you were trying to rebuild a RAID array off a dead drive. Also you've got to insist on free WiFi inside the DC, its saved my arse a couple of times when I've left a file at home or forgotten the syntax for mdadm.
Disk space I'm not so fussed on, hell I'm not even using 2Gb currently, but you want to make sure the host node isn't being oversold so the disk fills up - no good having gigs of space allocated if it doesn't actually exist on the host. Bandwidth I'm not using much either. But its all really down to what you're going to be doing with the VPS.
Wide choice of OS is good, I'd go mental if I was stuck with SuSE or something, plus why don't a lot of hosts have 64-Bit versions, you're not all using Pentium4's surely? Although I don't understand why people are using consumer-grade Core2Quads instead of Xeons (cost I guess).Last edited by sej7278; 08-15-2009 at 10:44 AM.
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