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07-27-2010, 10:25 PM #26Web Hosting Master
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07-27-2010, 10:28 PM #27Web Hosting Master
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07-27-2010, 10:29 PM #28Web Hosting Master
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08-02-2010, 02:03 AM #29Disabled
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I am not a user of cloud hosting but read a lot of positive reviews about rackspacecloud(Dot)com
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08-02-2010, 09:59 AM #30Web Hosting Master
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In the past, we had extreme issues with VPS.Net and IOWait problems. Enough to absolutely cripple server performance repeatedly.
Ended up moving those "servers" to Softlayer with the rest of our stuff. All issues were instantly fixed by moving back to Softlayer.
I would never put anything critical on a VPS.Net system. I'm not saying it would be bad for everyone, but we had 8+ instances with them at one point, all of them suffering from similar issues.█ Matthew Rosenblatt, and I do lots of things.
█ Used to be a full time server administrator, now I help build cruise ships and inspect homes.
█ My company, Ferrell Solutions, specializes in home inspections and property management.
█ RecallScan is a service for monitoring appliances and vehicles in your home for recalls.
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08-02-2010, 12:07 PM #31Web Hosting Master
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08-02-2010, 12:11 PM #32Web Hosting Master
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Storage is where you can separate the strong cloud setups from the poor ones, and it is not trivial to run a cloud of the scale of VPS.NET. It took us a while to get it right, but we are there now, our SAN setup is really good now, and IO is not an issue anymore at VPS.NET.
I am sorry for the issues you've seen in the past though, and I invite you on board for a free trial of our new san setup anytime...
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08-02-2010, 12:18 PM #33Web Hosting Master
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If you do a good look through our tickets list, you'll see quite a few that are all related to speed and reliability.
In the end, we're back to the reliability of Softlayer until our cloud computing network is fully operational and production ready
It's nothing against VPS.Net or you D, but in the end, we've seen a lot of performance issues that you and I have also spoken about personally in the past. I left VPS.Net and eventually did come back after you promised things would improve.
That didn't happen, we left again. It's as easy as that.█ Matthew Rosenblatt, and I do lots of things.
█ Used to be a full time server administrator, now I help build cruise ships and inspect homes.
█ My company, Ferrell Solutions, specializes in home inspections and property management.
█ RecallScan is a service for monitoring appliances and vehicles in your home for recalls.
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08-02-2010, 12:43 PM #34Cloud Hosting Pioneer
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That is unfortunate to hear, but also a common complaint that I hear in Cloud. Shared storage is among the most common problem in many Cloud platforms, and independent studies have shown that Cloud's built using local storage (but of course fully redundant and high available) has resulted in better reliability and stability.
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08-05-2010, 09:49 PM #35Newbie
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We've been hosting on Amazon EC2 & S3 since 2007 when it was in beta... It's worked out tremendously well, and from unofficial reports, much more reliable than the Rackspace Cloud.
As a bonus, Amazon keeps reducing pricing and finding ways to save us money on bandwidth and server instances.
DropBox.com and many other big companies all trust their hosting to Amazon as well. It's really a no-brainer.
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08-09-2010, 04:45 PM #36WHT Addict
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08-09-2010, 05:07 PM #37Web Hosting Master
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I would suggest Rackspace, its more important if you are an Enterprise because Rackspace has recently opensourced its code under a project called "OpenStack".
This solves biggest concern the Enterprise market have against cloud migration -- vendor lockin. which means that you can running your own cloud with little effort without making any major changes to your existing infrastructure.
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08-09-2010, 05:27 PM #38Junior Guru Wannabe
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VPS.NET runs OnApp, which is now available to the public.
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08-10-2010, 03:52 AM #39Newbie
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Go for Rackspace.
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08-10-2010, 05:04 AM #40Eternal Member
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My experience with Rackspace's cloud offering was less than impressive. To me it seemed to be a re-branded/re-worked version of Slicehost's offering, for the most part. Rackspace sure has a big name but that doesn't guarantee anything in regards to having superior service/technology.
In terms of raw performance the best cloud products I've used are from Gigenet and Voxel (both also feature true HA environments).
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08-10-2010, 06:29 AM #41Web Hosting Master
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08-10-2010, 06:32 AM #42Web Hosting Master
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Gary4gar, I can confirm that VPS.NET indeed is powered by the OnApp platform.
OnApp is a commercial cloud engine that is not available for public download.
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08-10-2010, 06:35 AM #43Web Hosting Master
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08-10-2010, 06:37 AM #44Web Hosting Master
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No problemo
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08-10-2010, 07:52 AM #45Disabled
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Hey, dudes
As you know, cloud hosting & computing is the future of hosting. Here are Top Cloud Hosting Providers:
RackspaceCloud (Mosso)
GoGrid Cloud
1 & 1 Dynamic Cloud
GoDaddy Mac OS X Cloud
ReliaCloud Cloud Hosting
Regards
<<signatures to be set up in your profile>>Last edited by bear; 08-10-2010 at 08:48 AM.
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08-10-2010, 09:47 AM #46Disabled
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There is not many as this is new, I would use Rackspace, they have good uptime and support.
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08-10-2010, 11:32 AM #47Junior Guru Wannabe
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$10 per CPU core, but you get 100 cores free for the first year plus free setup, integration and 15 minute SLA support. Here's their licensing page with all the details. They don't have a direct download, but all you have to do is schedule a webinar with them... I have one for tomorrow morning so I can offer more feedback after that.
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08-10-2010, 01:37 PM #48Web Hosting Master
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08-10-2010, 02:21 PM #49Junior Guru Wannabe
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To each their own, but I cater to corporate customers who don't tend to embrace open source. I was the IT Manager of a fortune 100 company and tried to get them to move to even small open source software products to save money and they wanted nothing to do with it... this is the way of the corporate world.
OpenStack is also a very young open source project, and trying to make sense of all of the data and information on their website isn't exactly easy. OnApp is a turn-key solution with full SLA support. For someone that wants a production environment up in a few short months OnApp is probably the choice for me (I'll know for sure tomorrow).
Most businesses have no problem paying for software if it does the job it was designed to well and if they can get support when they need it... look at the business reliance on Microsoft products.
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08-10-2010, 06:36 PM #50Web Hosting Master
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Gary4gar - could you explain your concerns regarding vendor lock-in? And why there would be a difference between OnApp and OpenStack?
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